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Australian Naval History on 8 March 1808

On This Day · Mar 8, 1808 ·

The 5th-rate, HMS SAN FIORENZO, (CAPT G. N. Hardinge, RN), captured the French ship PIETMONTAISE, (40 guns), in a battle which lasted three days. CAPT Hardinge was killed in the ...

Australian Naval History on 15 December 1803

On This Day · Dec 15, 1803 ·

HMC Schooner CUMBERLAND, (CMDR Matthew Flinders, RN), was seized by the Captain General of Mauritius, Charles Mathieu Decaen. Flinders was held prisoner for five and a half years. He was ...

Australian Naval History on 11 March 1803

On This Day · Mar 11, 1803 ·

CAPT James Colnett, RN, in HMS GLATTON, was appointed Senior Officer of His Majesty’s Ships and Vessels in Port Jackson. ...

Australian Naval History on 9 March 1801

On This Day · Mar 9, 1801 ·

LEUT John Murray, RN, in HMC brig LADY NELSON, explored and took possession of Port Phillip. He named the bay in honour of the first Governor of NSW, CAPT Arthur ...

Australian Naval History on 25 September 1800

On This Day · Sep 25, 1800 ·

A battery of two guns was established on Garden Island, to protect Sydney from a French attack. The garrison of 12 Marines was commanded by Henry Hacking. ...

Australian Naval History on 12 October 1799

On This Day · Oct 12, 1799 ·

The Board of Admiralty issued the first signal book to the RN. ...

Australian Naval History on 13 September 1796

On This Day · Sep 13, 1796 ·

The Governor of NSW, CAPT John Hunter, RN, appointed Thomas Moore Master Boat Builder of His Majesty’s Dockyard at Sydney. ...

Australian Naval History on 25 July 1795

On This Day · Jul 25, 1795 ·

A new form of signalling called semaphore was introduced into the RN. The system was devised by the Reverend Lord George Murray. ...

Australian Naval History on 13 December 1791

On This Day · Dec 13, 1791 ·

Philip Parker King, (son of Governor Phillip Gidley King, RN), was born on Norfolk Island. He was the first Australian to reach flag rank in the RN. ...

Australian Naval History on 5 October 1789

On This Day · Oct 5, 1789 ·

The first boat built in the colony of NSW, the ROSEHILL PACKET, was launched in Sydney Cove. The boat builder was R. R. Read, the ship’s carpenter of HMS SIRIUS. ...

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