A new book, Australian Code Breakers by James Phelps, has recently been published on the fascinating topic of wartime code breaking. As the front cover tells us this is the ...
HMAS Franklin
Australian Naval History on 13 March 1993
The 35th Anniversary of HMAS CRESWELL at Jervis Bay, NSW, was celebrated by a visit of the first Captain, RADM W. J. Dovers, DSC, and members of the 1958 Normal ...
Millionaire’s Yacht’s Naval Service
WE ARE ONCE MORE INDEBTED to naval archivist, Mr. John Ware, for this history of HMAS Adele. [The beautiful steam yacht is here depicted in the early 1920s as HMAS ...
Australian Naval History on 7 May 1943
HMAS ADELE, (auxiliary patrol vessel, formerly HMAS FRANKLIN), was wrecked on the breakwater at Port Kembla. ...
Australian Naval History on 20 October 1939
The examination vessel HMAS ADELE, was commissioned. ADELE was formerly commissioned as HMAS FRANKLIN, on 14 September 1915. ...
Australian Naval History on 18 September 1939
The former steam yacht HMAS ADELE, (auxiliary patrol vessel), was commissioned. The vessel was first commissioned in 1914 as HMAS FRANKLIN, and served as a tender to the Royal Australian ...
Australian Naval History on 1 June 1924
HMAS FRANKLIN, (armed yacht), was transferred as a gift to the Administration of the Mandated Territory of New Guinea. The yacht was used by the Territory Administrator until 1932. ...
Australian Naval History on 14 September 1915
The tender, (steam yacht), HMAS FRANKLIN, was commissioned. FRANKLIN, (as ADELE), was laid down in Hawthorn & Co, Leith, Scotland, in 1906. She was purchased for the RAN from her ...