HMAS AUSTRALIA, (battle-cruiser), docked at Rosyth, Scotland, after reaching British waters by way of Cape Horn. ...
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Australian Naval History on 16 January 1915
HMAS MELBOURNE, (cruiser), pursued an unidentified merchant ship off Havana, Cuba. MELBOURNE fired four shots at the vessel before it stopped. The ship proved to be a neutral Dutch vessel ...
Australian Naval History on 6 January 1915
HMAS AUSTRALIA, (battle-cruiser), captured and sank the German supply ship ELEONORE WOERMAN north of the Falkland Islands. AUSTRALIA fired a shell across the ship’s bows to stop her. A boarding ...
Australian Naval History on 2 January 1915
HMAS SYDNEY, (cruiser), sailed from Jamaica for Bermuda to search for the German Navy collier ODENWALD. ...
Australian Naval History on 1 January 1915
The following awards were made for gallantry in the action between HMAS SYDNEY, (cruiser), and the German vessel EMDEN, (armed merchant cruiser); DSM – CPO A. W. Lambert DSM – ...
Australian Naval History on 31 December 1914
The Australian submarine AE2 departed Albany, WA, under tow from the transport BERRIMA, for the Mediterranean. The Australian Naval Board offered the submarine to the RN after the loss of AE1. ...
Australian Naval History on 28 December 1914
HMAS Melbourne departed from Trinidad with orders to search the coastal areas of Venezuela, Colombia and Panama for the Karlsruhe and her attendant supply ship. HMAS Sydney coaled at Ponta ...
Australian Naval History on 23 December 1914
HMA Ships PARRAMATTA and WARREGO, (torpedo boat destroyers), reached the limit of navigation on the Sepik River, New Guinea, unsuccessfully searching for a German ship. ...
Australian Naval History on 13 December 1914
LEUT Norman Douglas Holbrook, RN, was awarded the VC for outstanding bravery while commanding HM Submarine B11, during the first successful penetration of the Turkish minefields at the entrance to ...
Australian Naval History on 1 December 1914
HMA Ships MELBOURNE and SYDNEY, (cruisers), sailed from Gibraltar to join the British West Indies Fleet. ...
Australian Naval History on 29 November 1914
HMAS UNA became the first Australian warship to carry aircraft when she transported two aircraft, and their pilots, from Sydney to New Guinea. The aircraft were not used because the ...
Australian Naval History on 27 November 1914
HMAS MELBOURNE, (cruiser), entered the Mediterranean on passage to the West Indies Station. The first naval aviation unit was despatched from Point Cook, VIC, to embark in HMAS UNA for ...
Australian Naval History on 26 November 1914
ADML G. E. Patey, took command of his battle squadron off the Mexican coast. It comprised of HMAS AUSTRALIA, (battle- cruiser), HMS NEWCASTLE, (cruiser), and the Japanese Ships ASAMA, IDZUMO, ...
Australian Naval History on 19 November 1914
The sloop HMAS UNA, (CMDR J. M. Jackson, RN), was commissioned. UNA, (as KOMET), was laid down in Vulkan Vegesack Yard, Bremerhaven, Germany, in 1911. ...
Australian Naval History on 18 November 1914
HMAS AUSTRALIA, (battle-cruiser), steamed off the Mexican west coast in search of the German Pacific Squadron. On 26 November she rendezvoused with the Japanese cruisers ASAMA, IDZUMO, and HIZEN. ...
Australian Naval History on 17 November 1914
The captured German yacht KOMET was commissioned as HMAS UNA, at Sydney. It was intended to name the vessel PRIMA, conveying ‘the first warship captured’ but UNA, meaning ‘the only ...
Australian Naval History on 14 November 1914
VADM Sir Goerge Patey. RN, in his flagship HMAS AUSTRALIA I rendezvoused off the Mexican coast with HMS NEWCASTLE, to block any attempt by ADML von Spee and his ships, ...
Australian Naval History on 9 November 1914
The cruiser HMAS SYDNEY, (CAPT J. C. T. Glossop, RN), engaged the German raider EMDEN, (CAPT Karl von Muller), off Cocos Island. The superior armament of SYDNEY asserted itself, and ...
Australian Naval History on 3 November 1914
HMAS PIONEER, (cruiser), lost her fore-topmast and suffered other damage in heavy seas, while escorting the first troop convoy in the Indian Ocean. PIONEER returned to Fremantle for repairs. ...
Australian Naval History on 1 November 1914
The first convoy of 28 troop ships sailed from Albany, WA, for Egypt. The escort comprised HMA Ships MELBOURNE and SYDNEY, (cruisers), HMS MINOTAUR, and the Japanese cruiser IBUKI. ...
Australian Naval History on 11 October 1914
The German Governor of New Guinea’s steam yacht KOMET, was captured by the NUSA, manned by the Australian Naval Brigade, at Bougainville. KOMET was later commissioned as HMAS UNA. ...
Australian Naval History on 27 September 1914
Wireless transmissions from HMAS AUSTRALIA, (battle-cruiser), were picked up by the German station at Yap, 1000 miles away ...
Australian Naval History on 26 September 1914
A landing party from HMAS SYDNEY, (cruiser), destroyed the German wireless station at Angaur in the Palau Islands. ...
Australian Naval History on 24 September 1914
HMAS PARRAMATTA, (torpedo boat destroyer), captured the German merchant vessels MEKLONG and BRASS MONKEY, in Mioko Harbour, New Britain. The German armed merchant cruiser KORMORAN, (CMDR Zuckschwerdt), arrived at Port ...
Australian Naval History on 21 September 1914
The German Ships SCHARNHORST and GNEISENAU, (heavy cruisers), stood off Papeete, Tahiti, and shelled the coal dumps at the port. ADML von Spee intended landing, but the presence of HMAS ...