The first dedicated minesweeping vessels in the RAN made their appearance in Australian waters at the end of WW1 to sweep minefields sown by a German raider during the war, ...
HMAS Mallow
RAN Minesweepers and Minehunters
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 ...
Australian Naval History on 1 August 1935
The decommissioned MARGUERITE and MALLOW were sunk by gunfire and explosives off Sydney ...
Australian Naval History on 23 July 1929
HMA Ships MARGUERITE and MALLOW were paid off at Sydney. ...
Australian Naval History on 4 January 1921
The following ships were laid up in reserve in Sydney: HMA Ships ENCOUNTER, (cruiser), PARRAMATTA, YARRA, WARREGO, HUON, SWAN, and TORRENS, (destroyers), and MALLOW, (sloop). ...
Australian Naval History on 8 September 1919
HM Ships MARGUERITE, GERANIUM, and MALLOW, (sloops), swept for wartime mines off Cape Everard, VIC. One mine was swept and destroyed ...
Australian Naval History on 8 June 1919
HM Ships GERANIUM, MARGUERITE, and MALLOW, (sloops), arrived in Australia to sweep for mines. They were later gifted to Australia. ...
Australian Naval History on 13 July 1915
HMS MALLOW, (sloop), later HMAS MALLOW, was launched at Barclay Curie, England. ...