101 Flight, RAAF, was re-formed to operate six Supermarine Seagull Mark II amphibian aircraft, for naval co-operation duties. ...
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Australian Naval History on 30 April 1926
CDRE Sir George Francis Hyde, KCB, CVO, CBE, RN, was appointed Commodore Commanding His Majesty’s Australian Squadron. ...
Australian Naval History on 1 December 1925
HMAS Stalwart decommissioned. She remained in reserve after decommissioning until she was eventually sold for breaking up on 4 June 1937. ...
Australian Naval History on 12 November 1925
LEUT R. C. Casey, RAN, a 1916 entry to the Royal Australian Naval College, was lost when HM submarine M1 was lost with all hands off Devon, England. ...
Australian Naval History on 23 July 1925
A US Naval Squadron consisting of US Ships CALIFORNIA, COLORADO, IDAHO, MARYLANDMISSISSIPPI, TENNESSEE, and WEST VIRGINIA, arrived at Sydney for a goodwill visit. ...
Australian Naval History on 18 July 1925
While HMAS Brisbane was at Hong Kong, there was a major landslide in the Po Hing Fong district which destroyed many homes and killed 73 people. Warrant Officer Shipwright Robert ...
Australian Naval History on 26 June 1925
HMAS BRISBANE, (cruiser), was attached to the RN’s China Squadron. ...
Australian Naval History on 25 June 1925
HMS CONCORD, (cruiser), sailed from Sydney on the completion of her exchange deployment with the Australian Squadron. ...
Australian Naval History on 20 June 1925
The surveying vessel, HMAS MORESBY (CAPT J. Edgell, RN), a former 24 class convoy sloop HMS SILVIO, was commissioned into the RAN in the UK. Moresby sailed from England for ...
Australian Naval History on 16 June 1925
Commonwealth Navy Order 137 of 1925 was promulgated establishing a Fleet Air Arm for the RAN and inviting applications from officers to undergo a four-year Long Air Course. The first ...