HM Submarine J7, later HMA Submarine J7, was launched at Devonport, England. ...
Australian Naval History on 18 February 1917
The Australian transport BERRIMA, formerly HMAS BERRIMA, (armed merchant cruiser), was torpedoed by a German submarine in the English Channel. ...
Australian Naval History on 17 February 1917
SBLT R. S. Dallas, an Australian serving with the RNAS, shot down a German Aviatik aircraft over France. Dallas was flying a Sopwith triplane. ...
Australian Naval History on 12 February 1917
On 12 February 1917 HMAT Afric was sunk in the English Channel after being torpedoed by the German submarine SM UC-66, whilst sailing outbound between Liverpool and Plymouth, 12 miles ...
Australian Naval History on 1 February 1917
The German Government ordered unrestricted submarine warfare against Allied shipping. SBLT R. S. Dallas, an Australian serving with the RNAS, shot down a German Aviatik aircraft over France. Dallas was ...
Australian Naval History on 13 January 1917
The armed yacht and patrol vessel HMAS SLEUTH was commissioned. As the steam-yacht ENA she was built in Sydney in 1901. ENA was requisitioned for patrol service in January 1917. ...
Australian Naval History on 4 January 1917
The Australian Destroyer Squadron patrolled the waters south and west of Singapore. ...
Australian Naval History on 25 December 1916
A spartan Christmas was the lot of HMAS HUON, (torpedo boat destroyer), in Malayan waters:- ‘On patrol-dirty weather -had bully beef and biscuits and some duff knocked up by ourselves’. ...
Australian Naval History on 22 December 1916
50 personnel from the RANBT, under CMDR L. S. Bracegirdle, RAN, landed at El Arish on the Sinai Peninsula, to build a pier to land supplies in support of the ...
Australian Naval History on 20 December 1916
HMAT Itonus torpedoed and sunk near Malta in the Mediterranean by Austrian submarine U-38 on 20 Dec 1916 as she was making her way from Marseilles to Sydney with a ...
Australian Naval History on 20 December 1916
HMA Ships SYDNEY and MELBOURNE, (cruisers), were damaged when the destroyers HOSTE and NEGRO collided and sank off Norway. Both ships lost a man and seven were injured when the ...
Australian Naval History on 13 December 1916
HMAS Brisbane departed Sydney for war service in the Mediterranean, arriving at Malta on 4 February 1917 ...
Australian Naval History on 1 December 1916
HMAS SYDNEY saw her first action in the North Sea. ...
Australian Naval History on 21 November 1916
The Australian ship WARILDA was converted to a hospital ship at Garden Island, Sydney. In February 1918 the ship was torpedoed by a German submarine in the English Channel, but ...
Australian Naval History on 18 November 1916
The Australian transport BERRIMA, (ex-HMAS BERRIMA, armed merchant cruiser), was torpedoed by a German submarine off Portland, England. BERRIMA was empty, having unloaded 1600 troops at Plymouth two days before. ...
Australian Naval History on 16 November 1916
HMAS SYDNEY, (cruiser), joined the 2nd Light Cruiser Squadron at Rosyth, Scotland. ...
Australian Naval History on 11 November 1916
SBLT R. A. Little, an Australian serving with the RNAS, shot down a German Aviatik aircraft over Beau-mont-Hamel, France. Little was flying a Sopwith Pup. ...
Australian Naval History on 10 November 1916
HMAS FANTOME, (sloop), intercepted a Chinese junk in the Nicobar Islands. The vessel was later released when it was found the junk was not a contraband runner. ...
Australian Naval History on 31 October 1916
HMAS BRISBANE, the first cruiser to be built in Australia, was commissioned at Sydney. ...
Australian Naval History on 30 October 1916
The Town class light cruiser HMAS BRISBANE, (CAPT C. L. Cumberlegge, RN), was commissioned. BRISBANE was laid down in Cockatoo Island Dockyard, Sydney, on 25 January 1913, and launched on ...
Australian Naval History on 22 October 1916
The sloop HMAS UNA, (CAPT H. R. Jackson, RN), and the French gunboat KERSAINT, arrived at Malekula to mount a punitive expedition against rebellious natives. During the operations seven police ...
Australian Naval History on 19 October 1916
HMAS MELBOURNE, (cruiser), accompanied by other warships, took part in a sweep in the North Sea, off the coast of Norway. ...
Australian Naval History on 16 October 1916
Saboteurs cut all electrical connections in HMAS BRISBANE, (cruiser), fitting out at Cockatoo Island, Sydney. ...
Australian Naval History on 9 October 1916
PO Stephen Gilbert of HMAS AE2, (submarine), died of typhus while a POW in the Turkish POW camp at Belemedik. ...
Australian Naval History on 30 September 1916
Stoker Michael Williams, of HMAS AE2, is believed to have died while a POW, at the Turkish POW Camp at Pozanti. His body was never recovered at the end of ...