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HMAS Fantome

The RAN and the 1918-19 Influenza Pandemic

Periodical, Semaphore · Sep 10, 2010 ·

Editor’s Note: This article first appeared in Issue 6 of Semaphore, the publication produced by The Sea Power Centre Australia in March 2006. We are indebted to them for their ...

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HMAS Fantome 1901 – 1956

A.N. Other · Mar 31, 1983 ·

IN THE GOOD OLD DAYS of ‘gunboat diplomacy’, the Royal Navy maintained a large number of sloops designed for overseas service, powered by both steam and sail. By the turn ...

Australian Naval History on 14 January 1919

On This Day · Jan 14, 1919 ·

HMAS FANTOME, (survey ship), resumed survey duties after WW1. ...

Australian Naval History on 6 October 1918

On This Day · Oct 6, 1918 ·

The sloop HMAS FANTOME, (CAPT J. F. Robins, RN), was dispatched to Malaita on a punitive expedition. A force of 65 officers and ratings from FANTOME joined French settlers and ...

Australian Naval History on 10 November 1916

On This Day · Nov 10, 1916 ·

HMAS FANTOME, (sloop), intercepted a Chinese junk in the Nicobar Islands. The vessel was later released when it was found the junk was not a contraband runner. ...

Australian Naval History on 27 July 1915

On This Day · Jul 27, 1915 ·

The sloop HMAS FANTOME, (LCDR L. T. Jones, RN), was commissioned. FANTOME was launched for the RN at Sheerness, England, in March 1901. ...

Australian Naval History on 4 September 1914

On This Day · Sep 4, 1914 ·

The cruiser HMS PSYCHE, (later HMAS PSYCHE), and survey ship HMS FANTOME, (later HMAS FANTOME), joined the contraband patrol in the Bay of Bengal. ...

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