(An extract from N Class by L. J. Lind and M. A. Payne) At 1806, during a high level bombing attack, Nestor was straddled by three 1,000 pound bombs. One ...
Battles and operations
Tokyo Bay – 2nd September 1945
The signing of the surrender document on Tokyo Harbour on 2nd September, 1945, ended World War II. These two photographs depict the scene on that memorable day. Representatives of all ...
The Battle of the Coral Sea – May 4-8,1942
HMAS Sydney in the North Sea
The four photographs in this series are from the collection of Rear Admiral G. B. Moore, C.B.E. HMAS SYDNEY operated in the North Sea in the last years of World ...
Leyte Gulf – Biggest Sea Fight in History
Australian Naval History on 6 January 1916
The RAN Bridging Train was commended by General Bland, (British Army), for its tireless efforts before and during the evacuation of the Gallipoli Peninsular. The Commanding Officer of the RANBT ...
Australian Naval History on 20 December 1915
The last personnel of the RAN Bridging Train, (RANBT), left Suvla Bay at 0430 making them the last Australians to depart the Gallipoli Peninsula. A 50-man team under SBLT C. ...
Australian Naval History on 16 December 1915
The first contingent of three officers and 153 men of the RAN Bridging Train were evacuated from Gallipoli. ...
Australian Naval History on 16 November 1915
‘These men’, wrote CMDR L. S. Bracegirdle, RN, commanding the RAN Bridging Train at Gallipoli, ‘took pride in the fact they were the only Australian naval unit serving in the ...
Australian Naval History on 10 November 1915
The RAN Bridging Train commenced the removal of stores from Gallipoli in preparation for the evacuation. ...
Australian Naval History on 1 October 1915
The RAN Bridging Train was heavily shelled and bombed at Suvla Bay, Gallipoli. ...
Australian Naval History on 6 September 1915
The RANBT suffered its second fatality in two days of heavy shelling, at Suvla Bay, Gallipoli Peninsula. CPO E. C. Perkins was killed, and later buried in Hill 10 Cemetery ...
Australian Naval History on 21 August 1915
The RAN Bridging Train was engaged in salvaging torpedo boats, barges and small craft wrecked during a fierce storm which struck the beaches of Gallipoli. ...
Australian Naval History on 7 August 1915
The RAN Bridging Train landed at Suvla Bay, Gallipoli. The force was used in building wharves and pontoons, and unloading supply ships. ...
Australian Naval History on 25 July 1915
Transfer of the RAN Bridging Train for service with the Army on Gallipoli was approved by the Admiralty. The train handled the building of jetties and berthing facilities, and the ...
Australian Naval History on 3 June 1915
The RAN Bridging Train, (formed from members of the RAN Naval reserve), were embarked on the PORT MACQUARIE, for service in Gallipoli. ...
Australian Naval History on 25 April 1915
The submarine HMAS AE2, (LCDR H. Stoker, RN), penetrated the Dardanelles while the first ANZAC troops were storming ashore at Gallipoli. After evading Turkish warships and mines, she broke through ...
Australian Naval History on 28 February 1915
The RAN Bridging Train, (RANBT), was formed in Melbourne under the command of LCDR L.S. Bracegirdle. The unit was to be a mounted engineering unit made up of RAN Reserve ...
Australian Naval History on 24 May 1914
The RAN’s first two submarines, AE1 and AE2, arrived in Sydney after a record voyage from England. Within a year both submarines had been lost on active service, with AE1 ...
Australian Naval History on 30 October 1900
The Naval Brigade of HMS POWERFUL, (a previous flagship of the Australia Station), attacked Boer positions at Lombards Kop, Ladysmith, South Africa. ...
Australian Naval History on 25 November 1899
The Naval Brigade from HMS POWERFUL, a flagship of the Australia Station, fought in the Battle of Graspan against the Boers in South Africa. ...
Australian Naval History on 16 March 1884
HMVS CHILDERS, en route to Australia, was diverted to the port of Suakin to participate in the Sudan War. The Victorian gunboats VICTORIA and ALBERT, joined her there on 19 ...
Australian Naval History on 29 December 1860
The Naval Brigades of HMS PELORUS, (wood screw corvette), flagship of the Australian Station, and HMCS VICTORIA, landed at Kairau, New Zealand, to support British troops under attack from Maoris. ...