HMS COMET, (sloop, 18 guns), was stationed at Port Jackson, Sydney. The vessel was used for punitive expeditions in the Pacific Islands. ...
Australian Naval History on 6 March 1827
CAPT James Stirling, RN, in HMS SUCCESS, named Garden Island, at the mouth of the Swan River, WA, where Fremantle now stands. Garden Island became HMAS STIRLING, (Fleet Base West), ...
Australian Naval History on 4 December 1824
HMC Ship AMITY, (brig), returned to Sydney after conveying the Governor of NSW, Sir Thomas Brisbane and his staff, to the Brisbane River, for the founding of the settlement which ...
Australian Naval History on 11 January 1824
The following monthly rates of pay for naval officers were fixed by the Admiralty:- £61 7s 4d (1st rate ship); £23 0s 4d (sloop); First Lieutenant £11 10s 0d (1st ...
Australian Naval History on 23 October 1823
HMC cutter MERMAID sailed with explorer John Oxley to survey the coast between Fingal Head and Gladstone. ...
Australian Naval History on 9 September 1820
HMCS SPITFIRE, transported the expedition of LEUT J. W. Smith, RN, and G. E. Dalrymple, to explore northern Queensland. Spitfire Rock was named to honour the schooner ...
Australian Naval History on 16 October 1818
HMC brig LADY NELSON returned to Port Jackson, Sydney, after an unsuccessful search for survivors from the schooner WILLIAM COSSAR, in the Port Stephens, NSW area. A wreck, identified as ...
Australian Naval History on 23 October 1817
The monthly rate of pay for an able seaman in HMC vessels was £11 3s 6d. Soap and slops were charged against them. ...
Australian Naval History on 19 October 1817
The RN adopted the 9,000 item flag signalling system compiled by CAPT Frederick Marryat, RN. The system was adapted from the French Navy manual. It was first demonstrated in Australia ...
Australian Naval History on 12 January 1817
HMCS LADY NELSON, (brig), sailed from Sydney to search for survivors from the brig TRIAL in the Port Stephens area. Natives interrogated by the ship’s crew said the convicts who ...