Australian Troop Convoy US.2 was met off Aden on the 12th by HMAS Hobart and destroyers HMS Decoy and HMS Defender. HMAS Sydney departed Colombo to join convoy US.3 in ...
Australian Naval History on 7 May 1940
Destroyers Vendetta, Voyager, Waterhen departed Malta as escorts for HMS Warspite. They arrivd at Alexandria on the 10th ...
Australian Naval History on 1 May 1940
ANZAC troop convoy US.3 departed Wellington with troopships Aquitania (45,647grt), Empress of Britain (42,348grt), and Empress of Japan (26,032grt), escorted by HMAS Australia and HMNZS Leander. ...
Australian Naval History on 25 April 1940
HMAS Sydney steamed around convoy US.2 flying the signal ”RAN congratulates AIF on ANZAC Day ...
Australian Naval History on 22 April 1940
Troop convoy US.2, with 5 troopships, left Fremantle, escorted by HMAS Sydney and HMS ships Ramillies ...
Australian Naval History on 21 April 1940
HMAS Adelaide left convoy US.2 after being part of escort with HMS Ramilies from Melbourne to Fremantle ...
Australian Naval History on 19 April 1940
HMAS Sydney joined the escort of Anzac convoy US 2 off Albany, and remained with the convoy until it reached the Cocos Island on 28 April and was replaced by ...
Australian Naval History on 31 March 1940
HMAS PERTH arrived at Sydney. She had departed the Caribbean on 2 March 1940 and passed through the Panama Canal on 3 March 1940. ...
Australian Naval History on 15 March 1940
HMS KANIMBLA, largely manned by the RAN, seized Soviet steamer VLADIMIR MAIAKOVSKY (3972grt) in the Sea of Japan and took her into control because she was carrying a cargo of ...
Australian Naval History on 29 February 1940
HMS Kanimbla, largely manned by the RAN, arrived at Yokohama to release German technicians captured by HMS Liverpool on a Japanese ship. The Japanese liner ASAMA MARU had departed San ...
Australian Naval History on 3 January 1940
HMA Ships VENDETTA and WATERHEN departed Marseilles escorting convoy K.6 consisting of troopships ROHNA (8602grt), TAIREA (7933grt), DEVONSHIRE (11,275grt), DILWARA (11,080grt), RAJULA (8478grt) and TALAMBA (8018grt). ...
Australian Naval History on 2 January 1940
The 5 destroyers of the Scrap Iron flotilla were organised as the 19th Destroyer Division of the Mediterranean Fleet. They had arrived at Malta between the 17th and 24th of ...
Australian Naval History on 13 December 1939
HMAS SYDNEY, escorting liner STRATHALLAN (23,722grt) with the 2nd Australian Imperial Force to the Middle East, was relieved by HMAS ADELAIDE which continued the escort round the Leeuwin Promontory ...
Australian Naval History on 9 December 1939
HMAS Swan became leader of the 20th Minesweeping Flotilla, formed that day and comprising initially HMA Ships Swan, Yarra (II), Doomba and Orara ...
Australian Naval History on 11 August 1936
HMAS Australia (II) arrived in Sydney after an absence of 615 days on exchange service in company with HMAS Sydney who made her long awaited entry through Sydney Heads and ...
Australian Naval History on 19 June 1936
HMAS Tattoo paid off and eventually sold for breaking up on 4 June 1937. ...
Australian Naval History on 3 March 1936
The last Australian Seagull III was disembarked at Point Cook after being operated by HMAS Canberra during 1935-36 ...
Australian Naval History on 1 August 1935
The decommissioned MARGUERITE and MALLOW were sunk by gunfire and explosives off Sydney ...
Australian Naval History on 2 May 1935
HMAS Brisbane sailed for England manned by a complement which would form the balance of the ship’s company of the new HMAS Sydney (ex-HMS Phaeton) ...
Australian Naval History on 16 April 1935
The hulk of the former HMAS Geranium was towed out of Sydney Harbour by the tug Chesterfield and she was scuttled approximately 40 kilometres off Sydney Heads later that day. ...
Australian Naval History on 2 March 1935
HMAS Brisbane was recommissioned at Sydney under the command of Captain Charles Farquhar-Smith, RAN in preparation for a trip to the UK with the crew for the new HMAS Sydney ...
Australian Naval History on 10 December 1934
HMAS Australia (II) sailed for England, with His Royal Highness The Duke of Gloucester embarked, on exchange duty with the Royal Navy, her place on the Australia Station being taken ...
Australian Naval History on 14 September 1932
HMAS Encounter was scuttled off Bondi Beach, Sydney. She lies at a depth of around 74 metres (243 ft) and is dived regularly. ...
Australian Naval History on 21 May 1930
HMAS Success decommissioned and was once more placed into reserve. She was eventually sold for breaking up on 4 June 1937. ...
Australian Naval History on 21 December 1929
HMAS Swordsman decommissioned and was placed into reserve. She was eventually sold for breaking up on 4 June 1937. ...