HMS PIONEER, (3rd class cruiser), later HMAS PIONEER, was launched at Chatham, England. ...
Australian Naval History on 28 June 1899
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. ...
Australian Naval History on 15 October 1897
The NSW Naval Brigade, commanded by CAPT Hixson, carried out gunfiring exercises at Port Macquarie, NSW. ...
Australian Naval History on 5 September 1896
The Government of New South Wales handed over the Garden Island Naval Base to the Admiralty. ...
Australian Naval History on 16 April 1895
The RN Depot at Circular Quay, Sydney, was transferred to Garden Island. ...
Australian Naval History on 1 November 1894
RADM Cyprian A. G. Bridge, RN, was appointed Flag Officer Commanding the Australia Station. His flagship was HMS ORLANDO. ...
Australian Naval History on 22 June 1893
VADM Sir George Tryon, a former Flag Officer Commanding Australia Station, lost his life when his flagship, HMS VICTORIA, was rammed by HMS CAMPERDOWN, off Tripoli, Syria. Tryon was found ...