The turret ship HMAS CERBERUS, (which had been renamed PLAYTPUS II), was sold for 80 pounds, and taken to Williamstown Dockyard for dismantling. The hulk was later sunk as a ...
On This Day
Australian Naval History on 9 May 1924
Wing Commander S. J. Goble, and Flight Lieutenant I. E. Mclntyre, both former RNAS pilots, completed the first around- Australian flight in Fairey seaplanes. ...
Australian Naval History on 30 April 1924
CDRE Thomas Erskine Wardle, CB, DSO, RN, was appointed Commodore Commanding His Majesty’s Australian Squadron. ...
Australian Naval History on 18 April 1924
HMAS Adelaide (I) joined the flag of Vice Admiral Commanding Special Service Squadron Royal Navy on 18 April 1924 and left Sydney for Wellington on 20 April. She accompanied the ...
Australian Naval History on 12 April 1924
HMAS AUSTRALIA, (battle-cruiser), was ceremoniously scuttled off Sydney Heads as part of the Washington Treaty, which limited fleet sizes, (the RAN was included as part of the RN under this ...
Australian Naval History on 1 March 1924
HMS HOOD and HMS REPULSE, (battle cruisers), arrived in Fremantle. Both ships were part of the Royal Navy Special Service Squadron conducting a world cruise to “show the flag”}. HM ...
Australian Naval History on 26 February 1924
HMA Submarines J1, J2, J4, and J5, were sold to the Melbourne Salvage Syndicate for breaking up. The hulks of JI and J2 were scuttled off Barwon Heads, J3 off ...
Australian Naval History on 3 January 1924
The Australian Council of Defence agreed that the responsibility for defensive submarine mine-laying in Australia rested with the RAN. Previous to this date the Army was responsible for mine-laying. ...
Australian Naval History on 2 November 1923
RADM Sir Albert Percy Addison, KBE, CB, CMG, RN, was appointed Flag Officer Commanding His Majesty’s Australian Squadron. ...
Australian Naval History on 19 October 1923
HM Ships VAMPIRE and VENDETTA, (later HMA Ships of the same name), rescued the crew of the merchant ship IMPERIAL PRINCE in the Mediterranean. ...