HMAS Pioneer paid off at Sydney. Thereafter she was used as an accommodation ship at Garden Island until 1922. In May 1923 she was handed over to Cockatoo Dockyard by ...
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Australian Naval History on 31 October 1916
HMAS BRISBANE, the first cruiser to be built in Australia, was commissioned at Sydney. ...
Australian Naval History on 30 October 1916
The Town class light cruiser HMAS BRISBANE, (CAPT C. L. Cumberlegge, RN), was commissioned. BRISBANE was laid down in Cockatoo Island Dockyard, Sydney, on 25 January 1913, and launched on ...
Australian Naval History on 22 October 1916
The sloop HMAS UNA, (CAPT H. R. Jackson, RN), and the French gunboat KERSAINT, arrived at Malekula to mount a punitive expedition against rebellious natives. During the operations seven police ...
Australian Naval History on 19 October 1916
HMAS MELBOURNE, (cruiser), accompanied by other warships, took part in a sweep in the North Sea, off the coast of Norway. ...
Australian Naval History on 16 October 1916
Saboteurs cut all electrical connections in HMAS BRISBANE, (cruiser), fitting out at Cockatoo Island, Sydney. ...
Australian Naval History on 9 October 1916
PO Stephen Gilbert of HMAS AE2, (submarine), died of typhus while a POW in the Turkish POW camp at Belemedik. ...
Australian Naval History on 30 September 1916
Stoker Michael Williams, of HMAS AE2, is believed to have died while a POW, at the Turkish POW Camp at Pozanti. His body was never recovered at the end of ...
Australian Naval History on 24 September 1916
SBLT S. J. Goble, an Australian serving in the RNAS, shot down a German LVG bomber near Ghistelles. Goble was flying a Sopwith Ship’s Pup ...
Australian Naval History on 21 September 1916
HMAS MELBOURNE, (cruiser), joined the Second Light Cruiser Squadron for operations in the North Sea. The squadron was based at Rosyth, Scotland. ...