HMVS VICTORIA transported 100,000 salmon, and 3000 trout ova, from Melbourne to Hobart to establish Tasmania’s fish hatcheries. ...
On This Day
Australian Naval History on 19 May 1863
The NSW Naval Brigade was formed. The strength of the Brigade at its first parade was 20 officers and men. ...
Australian Naval History on 17 May 1863
The New South Wales Volunteer Naval Reserve was formed in Sydney. ...
Australian Naval History on 20 April 1863
CDRE Sir William S. Wiseman, RN, was appointed Commodore Commanding Australia Station. His flagship was HMS CURACAO. ...
Australian Naval History on 15 February 1863
The Admiralty offered the NSW Government the 3rd Rate Ship of the Line, HMS BRUNSWICK, as a training ship for the New South Wales Naval Brigade. The offer was conditional ...
Australian Naval History on 7 February 1863
The screw corvette HMS ORPHEUS, (CDRE William Burnett, RN), flagship of the Australia Station, was wrecked at the entrance to Manukau Harbour, New Zealand. Of the 256 ship’s crew, 187, ...
Australian Naval History on 27 September 1862
HMS BEATRICE, (99 ton topsail schooner), was commissioned. The vessel was jointly owned by the Admiralty and the South Australian Government, and was that State’s first man-o-war. ...
Australian Naval History on 21 July 1862
CDRE William F. Burnett, CB, appointed Commodore Commanding Australia Station. His flagship was HMS ORPHEUS. ...
Australian Naval History on 4 September 1861
HMVS VICTORIA, (CAPT W. H. Norman, RN), rescued the crew of the bark FIREFLY from a reef in the Sir Charles Hardy Islands off Queensland. The two vessels were searching ...
Australian Naval History on 16 April 1861
In the Royal Navy the rank of Master’s Mate was renamed as Sub Lieutenant, and the Captains’ rank insignia was changed to four stripes. ...