RADM Wilfred Neville Custance, CB, was appointed Flag Officer Commanding His Majesty’s Australian Squadron. ...
Australian Naval History on 31 December 1937
The fisheries patrol vessel, LARRAKIA, later HMAS LARRAKIA, fired over 1000 rounds warning Japanese fishing vessels they were poaching in North Australian waters. ...
Australian Naval History on 1 November 1937
ADML Sir Ragnar Colvin, RN, was appointed First Naval Member and Chief of Naval Staff. ...
Australian Naval History on 11 August 1937
HMAS SYDNEY, (cruiser), arrived in her name port on her maiden voyage. ...
Australian Naval History on 28 July 1937
ADML Sir George Francis Hyde, KCB, CVO, CBE, First Naval Member, died in Melbourne. ...
Australian Naval History on 4 June 1937
HMA Ships SUCCESS, STALWART, TASMANIA, and TATTOO, (destroyers), were sold for scrap. All four ships had been built in the United Kingdom towards the end of World War I, and ...
Australian Naval History on 21 January 1937
The Grimsby class escort sloop, HMAS SWAN, (CMDR R. R. Dowling, RAN), was commissioned. SWAN was laid down in Cockatoo Island Dockyard, Sydney, 1 May 1935, and launched on 28 ...
Australian Naval History on 9 January 1937
HMAS SWORDSMAN, (destroyer), was sold out of service. ...
Australian Naval History on 9 November 1936
HMAS VENDETTA, (destroyer), was despatched from Sydney to search for the 32 foot launch VIKING, missing between Sydney and Lord Howe Island. Although five steamers and numerous smaller craft joined ...
Australian Naval History on 14 July 1936
HMA Ships AUSTRALIA and SYDNEY, (cruisers), were attached to the Mediterranean Fleet during the Abyssinian crisis. ...
Australian Naval History on 12 July 1936
VADM Sir George Francis Hyde was promoted to Admiral. He was the first seagoing officer of the RAN to achieve the rank. ...
Australian Naval History on 15 June 1936
HMS AMPHION, (cruiser), later HMAS PERTH, was commissioned at Portsmouth. ...
Australian Naval History on 7 May 1936
HMAS ANZAC, (destroyer leader), was sunk as a target off Sydney Heads. ...
Australian Naval History on 20 April 1936
RADM Sir Richard Hayden Owen Lane-Poole, KBE, CB, was appointed Flag Officer Commanding His Majesty’s Australian Squadron. ...
Australian Naval History on 28 March 1936
HMAS SWAN, (sloop), was launched at Cockatoo Island, Sydney. ...
Australian Naval History on 26 March 1936
The Seagull amphibian aircraft, from HMAS AUSTRALIA, (cruiser), was damaged when it fell from a crane at Malta. AUSTRALIA was on exchange duties with the RN at the time. ...
Australian Naval History on 11 March 1936
HMAS SYDNEY, (cruiser), joined HMAS AUSTRALIA in ADML Sir Max Horton’s 1st Cruiser Squadron at Malta. ...
Australian Naval History on 15 February 1936
HMAS AUSTRALIA, (cruiser), exercised with ‘Queen Bees’, unmanned radio-controlled Moth aircraft, in the Mediterranean. HMA Ships AUSTRALIA and SHROPSHIRE, (cruisers), exercised together for the first time off Alexandria, Egypt. ...
Australian Naval History on 28 January 1936
HMAS AUSTRALIA, (battle-cruiser), in Alexandria, Egypt, fired a 70 gun salute on the occasion of the funeral of HM King George V. ...
Australian Naval History on 22 January 1936
HMA Ships AUSTRALIA and SYDNEY, (cruisers), fired a 21-gun royal salute at sea on the accession to the throne of Edward VIII. ...
Australian Naval History on 21 January 1936
The Grimsby class escort sloop, HMAS YARRA, was commissioned. Mrs Parkhill, (Wife of the Minister for Defence), performed the commissioning ceremony. YARRA was laid down in Cockatoo Island Dockyard on ...
Australian Naval History on 20 January 1936
HMA Ships AUSTRALIA and SYDNEY, (cruisers), fired a 70 gun salute on the death of King George V. ...
Australian Naval History on 15 January 1936
HMAS AUSTRALIA, (cruiser), became Cock of the Mediterranean when she won the Cruiser Regatta from HMS LONDON. She also won this regatta. in 1935. ...
Australian Naval History on 31 October 1935
HMAS SYDNEY, (cruiser), was ordered to join the 2nd Cruiser Squadron in the Mediterranean. The Mediterranean Fleet was strengthened as a result of the Abyssinian Crisis. ...
Australian Naval History on 11 October 1935
Secret orders were received by HMAS AUSTRALIA, (cruiser), in the Mediterranean. In the event of war with Italy, AUSTRALIA was to join HMS BERWICK, and proceed to a position off ...