The RN established the Directorate of Intelligence under ADML Sir George Tryon. Both Tryon and ADML Sir Lewis Beaumont, who later directed DNI, served on the Australia Station, and contributed ...
Australian Naval History on 23 March 1882
The Report of a Royal Commission into Colonial Defence ordered by the British Prime Minister, Disraeli, was published in part. Sections dealing with the un-preparedness of Australian colonies to defend ...
Australian Naval History on 15 February 1882
The Melbourne Age claimed the visit of ADML Aslanbegoff’s squadron to Australia was directly associated with the threatened war between Britain and Russia and their presence was for the purpose ...
Australian Naval History on 21 January 1882
CDRE James E. Erskine, RN, was appointed Flag Officer Commanding Australia Station. His flagship was HMS NELSON. ...
Australian Naval History on 20 January 1882
HMCS WOLVERINE sailed on her first training cruise with the NSW Naval Brigade. ...
Australian Naval History on 16 January 1882
HMS WOLVERINE, (screw corvette), was presented to the NSW Government as a “royal gift”. The ship was used for training the NSW Naval Brigade. ...
Australian Naval History on 29 June 1881
HMS NELSON, (armoured-belt cruiser), was flagship of the Imperial Squadron on the Australia Station. Two warships of the same name were in Australian waters at this period. The second HMS ...
Australian Naval History on 31 May 1881
RADM Sir Leighton Seymour Bracegirdle, KCVO, CMG, DSO, RAN, was born in Balmain, Sydney. ...
Australian Naval History on 19 December 1878
CDRE John C. Wilson, ADC, was appointed Commodore Commanding Australia Station. His flagship was HMS WOLVERENE. ...
Australian Naval History on 10 December 1878
CDRE John C. Wilson, ADC, was appointed Commodore Commanding Australia Station. ...
Australian Naval History on 19 September 1878
CDRE J. C. Wilson, ADC, was appointed Commodore Commanding the Australia Station. His flagship was HMS WOLVERINE. ...
Australian Naval History on 1 January 1878
The NSW Torpedo Corps was formed under Major Cracknell. In March 1879 the name was changed to the NSW Torpedo and Signalling Corps. It’s initial strength was 6 officers and ...
Australian Naval History on 2 December 1875
HMVS VICTORIA went to the rescue of the clipper ship TIENSTIN, foundering in Bass Strait. The crew of the disabled ship was taken off, and an attempt was made to ...
Australian Naval History on 7 September 1875
CDRE Anthony H. Hoskins, CB, was appointed Commodore Commanding the Australia Station. His flagship was HMS WOLVERINE ...
Australian Naval History on 20 August 1875
CDRE James Goodenough, RN, commander of the Australia Squadron 1873-75, died from wounds sustained from poisoned arrows, fired by Santa Cruz Islanders. ...
Australian Naval History on 3 July 1874
New victualling allowances proclaimed for all Imperial ships of the Australia Station were communicated as follows:- Victualling Regulations. Admiralty Office, July 1 1874. The King, having been pleased, by his ...
Australian Naval History on 28 May 1874
The paddlewheel sloop HMS BASILISK, (CAPT John Moresby, RN), completed an extensive survey of New Guinea waters. Areas surveyed included Redscar Bay, Basilisk Bay, the China Straits, Hayter Island, Milne ...
Australian Naval History on 2 March 1874
HMVS NELSON was the first warship docked in the Alfred Graving Dock at Williamstown, VIC. ...
Australian Naval History on 23 October 1873
RADM J. S. Dumaresq, the first Australian-born Flag Officer to command the Australian Squadron, was born at Sydney. ...
Australian Naval History on 14 September 1873
The graving dock at Williamstown, Melbourne, was completed. ...
Australian Naval History on 25 May 1873
CDRE J. G. Goodenough, CB, CMG, was appointed Commodore Commanding Australia Station. His flagship was HMS PEARL ...
Australian Naval History on 20 February 1873
CAPT John Moresby, RN, HMS BASILISK, (wooden paddle sloop), discovered Port Moresby, New Guinea. He named it in honour of his father, ADML Sir Fairfax Moresby. ...
Australian Naval History on 11 January 1872
The British Prime Minister, Mr Gladstone, proposed the use of HMVS VICTORIA, (survey vessel), for policing blackbirding in the South Seas. ...
Australian Naval History on 9 April 1871
HMVS CERBERUS, (armoured-turret ship), launched in England in December 1868, arrived in Port Phillip, VIC, on her maiden voyage. At that time CERBERUS was the most powerful ship in the ...
Australian Naval History on 29 October 1870
HMVS CERBERUS, (armoured-turret ship), met a gale while on passage from Chatham to Plymouth, England. Officials at the Admiralty were concerned at the seaworthiness of the ship, following the loss ...