HMS ENCOUNTER, (cruiser), later HMAS ENCOUNTER, was launched at Devonport, England. ...
On This Day
Australian Naval History on 11 February 1902
Anglo-Japanese treaty signed. The treaty required Britain and Japan to join the other in the event of hostilities. Australian naval policy was strongly influenced by this treaty. It expired on ...
Australian Naval History on 28 September 1901
CAPT William Creswell, RN, submitted his historic report on Australian sea defence, commerce, and ports. ...
Australian Naval History on 29 March 1901
Transport 106, (China Navigation Company vessel SS CHINGTU), sailed from Hong Kong returning troops to Australia ...
Australian Naval History on 1 March 1901
The order was gazetted that all Australian armed forces should be transferred from the jurisdiction of the State Governments to the Federal Government, which under the Federal Constitution, would be ...
Australian Naval History on 17 January 1901
Sir John Forrest was appointed Defence Minister, and CAPT R. Muirhead Collins, (former RN officer), became Secretary of Defence in the Commonwealth administration. ...
Australian Naval History on 6 January 1901
The gunboat, HMCS PROTECTOR, (CAPT William Creswell, RN), arrived back in Port Adelaide after 153 days away, serving in China from September to November 1900, during the Boxer rebellion. ...
Australian Naval History on 3 January 1901
The Imperial Squadron based in Sydney consisted of HM Ships ROYAL ARTHUR, (1st class cruiser); PORPOISE and ARCHER, (torpedo cruisers); PYLADES, (composite steam corvette); RINGDOVE, (composite steam gunboat), and TORCH, ...
Australian Naval History on 1 January 1901
The effective strength of the NSW Naval Brigade was 416 officers and men. ...
Australian Naval History on 24 November 1900
The former South Australian gun boat HMS PROTECTOR, was decommissioned at Hong Kong, and adopted her former prefix HMSAS. ...