The following tributes to the three ships which have borne the proud name Anzac have been brought together from information held in our archives. It is perhaps the expected problem ...
HMAS Anzac I
HMAS Anzac (I) – Flotilla Leader
Captain Harry L. Howden OBE, CBE, RAN
Letters: Ashes of Captain Ian McDonald
This is a letter from Mrs. I.H. McDonald (Widow of the late Captain I.H. McDonald RAN – N.H.S. “Review” March 1997) to the Maritime Commander Australia. Rear Admiral C. A. ...
Biography of Lieutenant Commander R.W. Rankin RAN, and the loss of HMAS Yarra
The Battles – a Pictorial
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The RAN’s Destroyers
The Gift Fleet
The Gift Fleet – from the RN to Australia, 1919 WITH THE END OF THE GREAT WAR the Imperial Government found itself with a considerable number of naval vessels on ...
Captain A.S. Rosenthal DSO and Bar, OBE, RAN
Twins Were Pioneers of the RAN
An announcement that two brothers had been appointed to command sister ships in Australia’s Destroyer Squadron has brought to light the careers of twin brothers who were pioneers of the ...
Australian Naval History on 7 May 1936
HMAS ANZAC, (destroyer leader), was sunk as a target off Sydney Heads. ...
Australian Naval History on 30 July 1933
HMAS ANZAC, (destroyer leader), was paid off at Sydney. ...
Australian Naval History on 27 January 1920
The Marksman class destroyer, (flotilla leader), HMAS ANZAC, (CMDR S. H. Simpson, RN), was commissioned. ANZAC was laid down in Denny Bros. Yard, UK, on 11 January 1917. In 1919 ...
Australian Naval History on 21 March 1919
HM Ships ANZAC, TATTOO, SWORDSMAN, SUCCESS, TASMANIA, and STALWART were transferred to the RAN. The S class destroyers were replacements for the six torpedo boat destroyers used during the World ...