Flight Lieutenant F. N. Fox, RNAS, flew a Sopwith Pup aircraft from the quarterdeck of HMAS AUSTRALIA, (battle-cruiser). ...
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Australian Naval History on 14 December 1917
CAPT Dumaresq, RAN, commanding HMAS SYDNEY, (cruiser), signalled Scapa Flow Aerodrome:- ‘As DUBLIN’s pilot has to return shortly request that CAMPANIA may be asked to supply a pilot and Camel ...
Australian Naval History on 12 December 1917
HMAS AUSTRALIA, (battle-cruiser), was damaged in a collision with HMS REPULSE, (battle-cruiser). ...
Australian Naval History on 8 December 1917
HMAS Sydney launched the first aircraft to take off from an Australian warship. On arrival at Scapa Flow in December 1917, her Commanding Officer Captain Dumaresq, borrowed a Sopwith Pup ...
Australian Naval History on 17 November 1917
HMS VENDETTA, (destroyer, later HMAS VENDETTA), participated in the light cruiser action off Heligoland. ...
Australian Naval History on 16 November 1917
HMAS PARRAMATTA, (torpedo boat destroyer), took in tow the torpedoed Italian transport ORIONE. While the lines were being passed to the disabled ship, a torpedo was fired by an enemy submarine ...
Australian Naval History on 15 November 1917
One officer and 97 ratings of the RAN Bridging Train transferred to the AIF in preference to being returned to Australia ‘for disposal’. ...
Australian Naval History on 11 November 1917
HMAS ENCOUNTER, (cruiser), destroyed the guns on the wreck of the German raider SEEADLER, at Mopelia Island. ...
Australian Naval History on 9 November 1917
HMAS ENCOUNTER, (cruiser), found the gutted wreck of the German raider SEEADLER, on Mopelia Island. ...
Australian Naval History on 8 November 1917
The Castle class trawler BROLGA, was requisitioned by the RAN as an auxiliary minesweeper. BROLGA, and her sister ships GUNUNDAAL and KORAAGA, operated along the NSW/Victorian coast searching for mines ...