The Victorian Naval Brigade Contingent, for the Boxer Rebellion, sailed from Melbourne in the transport SALAMIS. ...
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Australian Naval History on 3 June 1900
HM Ships LIZARD, MOHAWK, and WALLAROO, which were part of the RN Australian Squadron, were dispatched from Sydney to China, to join the squadron commanded by ADML Sir E. H. ...
Australian Naval History on 1 May 1900
CAPT William Rooke Creswell was appointed Naval Commandant of Queensland. ...
Australian Naval History on 4 April 1900
CAPT Hector McDonald Laws Waller, DSO and Bar, RAN, one of Australia’s greatest naval commanders, was born at Benalla, VIC. ...
Australian Naval History on 25 November 1899
The Naval Brigade from HMS POWERFUL, a flagship of the Australia Station, fought in the Battle of Graspan against the Boers in South Africa. ...
Australian Naval History on 28 June 1899
HMS PIONEER, (3rd class cruiser), later HMAS PIONEER, was launched at Chatham, England. ...
Australian Naval History on 7 January 1899
VADM Sir John Collins, KBE, CB, was born at Deloraine, TAS. ...
Australian Naval History on 28 April 1898
HMVS NELSON was decommissioned and sold out of service. ...
Australian Naval History on 2 February 1898
CAPT R. P. Minifie, DSC and two Bars, an Australian who served with the RNAS, was born in Melbourne. Minifie was Australia’s youngest air ace of the First World War, ...
Australian Naval History on 1 November 1897
RADM Hugo L. Pearson, RN, was appointed Flag Officer Commanding the Australia Station. His flagship was HMS ROYAL ARTHUR. ...