History - pre-Federation

HMS Driver – First Paddlewheel Ship to Circumnavigate the World

Rivett, Norman C · Jun 11, 1987 ·

HMS DRIVER, a 180 foot paddlewheel sloop, was the first steam vessel to circumnavigate the world. The voyage took five years and commenced from Portsmouth in 1842. Her record, despite ...

Sirius, HMS – Wreckage Recovered from First Fleet Flagship

A.N. Other · Dec 9, 1985 ·

Divers continue the search for Sirius remains FROM ARCHAEOLOGICAL DIVES in the wreck-strewn waters off Norfolk Island an Australian Bicentennial project is slowly piecing together the final chapter in the ...

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Success & Failure – The Story of the Torpedo Gunboat

Kurumba · Mar 25, 1981 ·

ORIGINALLY THERE WERE THIRTY-THREE BUILT, comprising five classes in all. They were the torpedo gunboats of the Royal Navy, a smaller but faster variant of the traditional cruiser, but capable ...

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HIRMS Rynda Arrives

A.N. Other · Sep 30, 1975 ·

THE LAST QUARTER of the 19th century saw a wild scramble by the European powers to annex unclaimed islands in the Pacific. During this period ships of the Russian, Austrian, ...

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HMS Orlando at Cockatoo Dock – 1887

A.N. Other · Aug 16, 1972 ·

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