HM Ships DART and PALUMA surveyed waters off Cape York, QLD. ...
Australian Naval History on 26 February 1890
Australian Naval History on 10 September 1889
RADM the Rt. Hon Lord Charles T. M. D. Scott, CB, was appointed Flag Officer Commanding the Australia Station. His flagship was HMS ORLANDO. ...
Australian Naval History on 30 June 1889
The fleet of the State of Victoria consisted of HMV Ships NELSON, (cut-down 1st rate); CERBERUS, (turret ship); BATMAN, and FAWKNER, (armed auxiliaries); CHILDERS, NEPEAN, and LONSDALE, (torpedo boats); VICTORIA, ...
Australian Naval History on 25 May 1889
The foundation stone of the Royal Naval House, Sydney, ‘Johnnie’s’, was laid by Lady Carrington. ...
Australian Naval History on 4 April 1889
HMS CALLIOPE, (corvette), returned to Sydney after surviving a hurricane at Apia, Samoa. ...
Australian Naval History on 3 March 1889
HMS CALLIOPE, (screw corvette), was despatched from Sydney to Samoa to forestall German and American plans to annex the island. ...
Australian Naval History on 15 November 1888
CAPT Henry Coey Kane, RN, (HMS CALLIOPE), gave evidence before a NSW Parliamentary Committee on the relative merits of various ports in Australasia as the location for a base for ...
Australian Naval History on 26 October 1888
Plans for a protected cruiser for the Victorian Navy were prepared by Sir William Armstrong & Co., England, and placed before the Victorian Government. The 1040 ton ship was designed ...
Australian Naval History on 13 July 1888
The South Australian Government came under bitter criticism for not despatching their gunboat PROTECTOR to sea, to search for survivors of the sailing ship STAR OD GREECE. PROTECTOR stood by ...
Australian Naval History on 16 February 1888
Calliope Dock opened at Auckland, New Zealand. The dock was used for ships of the Australia Station when facilities in Sydney were not available. ...