HMAS ALBATROSS, (seaplane carrier), sailed from Sydney for England. The vessel was transferred to the RN as part payment for HMAS HOBART, (cruiser). ...
HMAS Albatross
Australian Naval History on 18 September 1932
HMAS ALBATROSS, (seaplane carrier), carried out the first naval surface and air exercises off Darwin, NT. ALBATROSS used her guns in the exercise to sink the old Navy collier, HANKOW. ...
Australian Naval History on 7 April 1932
The RAN reached its lowest ebb. In commission were HMA Ships AUSTRALIA and CANBERRA, (cruisers), ALBATROSS, (seaplane cruiser), and one S-class destroyer. RADM R.C. Dalglish, CB, RN, was appointed as ...
Australian Naval History on 19 March 1930
A Seagull amphibian aircraft from HMAS ALBATROSS crashed at Roaring Beach, TAS, killing the crew. ...
Australian Naval History on 3 July 1929
HMAS ALBATROSS, (seaplane carrier), sailed from Sydney with the Governor General Lord Stonehaven and Lady Stonehaven, for an official visit to New Guinea. ...
Australian Naval History on 11 April 1929
HMAS ALBATROSS, (seaplane carrier), was dispatched from Sydney to search for Sir Charles Kingsford Smith’s aircraft, the Southern Cross, in the vicinity of Wyndham WA. The Southern Cross had been ...
Australian Naval History on 31 March 1929
HMAS Platypus paid off to recommission in her former role as a Submarine Tender after 2 Royal Navy O Class submarines joined the RAN ...
Australian Naval History on 25 February 1929
Six Seagull Mk III amphibian aircraft embarked in seaplane carrier HMAS ALBATROSS at Melbourne. ...
Australian Naval History on 23 January 1929
The seaplane carrier HMAS ALBATROSS, (CAPT D. M. T. Bedford, RN), was commissioned at Sydney. Lady Stonehaven, (Wife of the Governor General), performed the commissioning ceremony. ALBATROSS was laid down ...
Australian Naval History on 23 February 1928
HMAS ALBATROSS, (seaplane carrier), was launched at Cockatoo Island, Sydney. ...