LEUT V. A. Crutchley, DSC, RN, was awarded the VC for conspicuous bravery while serving as the First Lieutenant of HMS VINDICTIVE, (cruiser),in the attack on the Belgian port of ...
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Australian Naval History on 8 May 1918
HMS VOYAGER, (destroyer), was launched at Stephen’s Yard, UK. ...
Australian Naval History on 4 May 1918
A branch of the Commonwealth Bank of Australia was opened at Brindisi, Italy, for the Australian Torpedo Boat Destroyer Flotilla. In the first two days £600 was deposited. ...
Australian Naval History on 3 May 1918
HMAS PARRAMATTA, (torpedo boat destroyer), was fitted with anti-submarine hydrophones at Malta. ...
Australian Naval History on 1 May 1918
The Australian transport ERA was sunk by a German submarine off Cape Tenes in the Atlantic. Eleven of her crew were lost. ...
Australian Naval History on 23 April 1918
Engineer, LEUT W. H. V Edgar, RAN, and 10 ratings from HMAS AUSTRALIA, (battle-cruiser), were loaned to a variety of British ships which participated in the British raid to block ...
Australian Naval History on 22 April 1918
HMAS TORRENS, (torpedo boat destroyer), and HM Ships JACKAL and HORNET, (destroyers), engaged five Austrian destroyers in a running gun battle in the Adriatic Sea. The Austrian vessels turned away ...
Australian Naval History on 15 April 1918
Australian-born Squadron Leader H. R. Busteed, demonstrated the landing of aircraft using arrester cables on HMS FURIOUS. Busteed conceived and perfected the technique. CMDR A. G. H. Bond, RAN, assumed ...
Australian Naval History on 13 April 1918
CMDR W. H. F. Warren, RAN, commander of the Australian Torpedo Boat Destroyer Flotilla, accidentally drowned at Brindisi, Italy, the day before his DSO award was received at the Flotilla ...
Australian Naval History on 10 April 1918
Two Italian destroyers collided and sank during a storm in the Mediterranean. The Allied destroyers HMAS TORRENS and HMS REDPOLE were dispatched to rescue survivors. During the rescue operation 18 ...