The 1929 cruise of the seaplane carrier, HMAS Albatross, to New Guinea, New Ireland and New Britain was unique in that it was the first overseas demonstration of Australian naval ...
HMAS Australia II
Leyte Gulf – Biggest Sea Fight in History
The RAN in Antarctic Waters
Australian Naval History on 26 March 1955
HMAS AUSTRALIA, (heavy cruiser), departed Sydney under tow of the Dutch tug RODE ZEE, for breaking up at the yard which built her at Barrow-in-Furness, U.K. ...
Australian Naval History on 5 January 1955
HMAS AUSTRALIA, (8 inch cruiser), was advertised for disposal at Sydney. ...
Australian Naval History on 31 August 1954
HMAS AUSTRALIA (II) was paid off having steamed 477,301 miles in the period since August 1939. She was sold as scrap to British Iron and Steel Corporation (Salvage) Ltd on ...
Australian Naval History on 12 March 1954
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh embarked in HMAS AUSTRALIA, (cruiser), at Cairns, QLD. ...
Australian Naval History on 3 February 1954
HMAS AUSTRALIA, (cruiser), moored at Garden Island Naval Base, fired 1000 rockets to welcome Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II, to Sydney. ...
Australian Naval History on 16 December 1953
RADM R. R. Dowling, CBE, DSO, was appointed Flag Officer Commanding Her Majesty’s Australian Fleet. His flagship was HMAS AUSTRALIA, (cruiser). ...
Australian Naval History on 4 December 1951
HMAS AUSTRALIA, (cruiser), and the merchant ship SOMERSET, collided off Garden Island, Sydney. Damage to both vessels was slight. ...