HMVS CERBERUS, (armoured-turret ship), met a gale while on passage from Chatham to Plymouth, England. Officials at the Admiralty were concerned at the seaworthiness of the ship, following the loss ...
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Australian Naval History on 10 September 1870
Gun teams from the Victorian Naval Brigade, exercised for the first time in HMVS NELSON. ...
Australian Naval History on 3 September 1870
CDRE Frederick H. Stirling was appointed Commodore Commanding the Australia Station. His flagship was HMS CLIO. ...
Australian Naval History on 8 April 1870
CDRE F. Stirling, RN, was appointed Commodore Commanding Australia Station. His Flagship was HMS CLIO. ...
Australian Naval History on 9 February 1870
A “Southern Cross Flag”, claimed to be the official ensign of the Colony of Victoria, was hoisted in HMVS NELSON. ...
Australian Naval History on 27 November 1869
HMS PHOEBE, (corvette), arrived at Port Phillip with ADML Hornby’s Flying Squadron. A midshipman in the vessel was William Creswell. ...
Australian Naval History on 13 August 1869
Fort Denison in Port Jackson, Sydney, was garrisoned by the NSW Naval Brigade. ...
Australian Naval History on 4 August 1869
HMS PHOEBE, (CAPT John Bythesea, RN), joined ADML Hornby’s Flying Squadron on a round the-world flag-showing cruise. A midshipman in HMS PHOEBE was William Creswell, later to become ‘the father ...
Australian Naval History on 4 February 1868
HMVS NELSON, (Acting CMDR C. B. Payne, RN), arrived in Hobsons Bay, VIC. The wooden battleship was first commissioned in 1815 as a three-decker, mounting 120 guns. She was converted ...
Australian Naval History on 4 January 1868
The foundation stone of the graving dock at the Williamstown Naval Dockyard, VIC, was laid by HRH Prince Alfred, KG, Duke of Edinburgh, who arrived in Port Phillip in the ...