HMS SUCCESS, (destroyer), was laid down at Doxford’s Yard, Sunderland, England. She was launched on 27 January 1920, and shortly afterwards was among a number of vessels gifted to the ...
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Australian Naval History on 24 June 1918
The Australian Naval Board proposed to the Defence Council the early establishment of airship stations at Sydney, Melbourne and Fremantle. Two non-rigid airships, and three kite balloons, were to be ...
Australian Naval History on 19 June 1918
Major R. S. Dallas, DSO, DSC and Bar, Croix de Guerre, an Australian serving as commander of No. 40 Squadron, RNAS, was shot down and killed in combat with three ...
Australian Naval History on 1 June 1918
HMA Ships SYDNEY and MELBOURNE, were on patrol in the Heligoland Bight with British warships, (as part of the Harwich Force), searching for German minesweepers and destroyers, when they came ...
Australian Naval History on 27 May 1918
CAPT R. A. Little, DSO and Bar, Croix de Guerre, an Australian who served in the RNAS, and No. 203 Squadron, RAF, was fatally wounded in a night engagement with ...
Australian Naval History on 23 May 1918
HMAS MOURILYAN, (patrol vessel), was commissioned. ...
Australian Naval History on 20 May 1918
HMAS PARRAMATTA, (torpedo boat destroyer), attacked an Austrian submarine with gunfire and depth charges. The submarine was sighted from the ship’s observation balloon. ...
Australian Naval History on 14 May 1918
HMAS PARRAMATTA, (torpedo boat destroyer), towed an anti-submarine balloon in the Adriatic. An observer from the ship rode in a wicker basket suspended from the balloon, and communicated with the ...
Australian Naval History on 13 May 1918
HMAS WARREGO, (torpedo boat destroyer), attempted to tow the destroyer HMS PHEONIX, torpedoed whilst on convoy escort duty in the Adriatic Sea, to the Italian port of Valona. Unfortunately the ship sank ...
Australian Naval History on 10 May 1918
HMAS MELBOURNE, (cruiser), embarked a ship’s Sopwith Camel aircraft, while at Rosyth, Scotland. To launch the aircraft, the cruiser had been fitted with a special platform, built over the top ...