HMA Ships AUSTRALIA and SYDNEY, (cruisers), fired a 70 gun salute on the death of King George V. ...
HMAS Sydney II
Australian Naval History on 31 October 1935
HMAS SYDNEY, (cruiser), was ordered to join the 2nd Cruiser Squadron in the Mediterranean. The Mediterranean Fleet was strengthened as a result of the Abyssinian Crisis. ...
Australian Naval History on 24 September 1935
The modified Leander class cruiser HMAS SYDNEY, (CAPT J. U. C. Fitzgerald, RN), was commissioned at Portsmouth . SYDNEY was laid down in Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson Yard, Wallsend-on-Tyne, ...
Australian Naval History on 12 September 1935
The first Seagull MK V amphibian was embarked in HMAS AUSTRALIA, (cruiser). HMAS SYDNEY, (cruiser), also carried a Seagull A2-2. ...
Australian Naval History on 2 May 1935
HMAS Brisbane sailed for England manned by a complement which would form the balance of the ship’s company of the new HMAS Sydney (ex-HMS Phaeton) ...
Australian Naval History on 2 March 1935
HMAS Brisbane was recommissioned at Sydney under the command of Captain Charles Farquhar-Smith, RAN in preparation for a trip to the UK with the crew for the new HMAS Sydney ...
Australian Naval History on 22 September 1934
HMAS SYDNEY, (cruiser), was launched at Swan Hunter’s Yard, UK. ...
Australian Naval History on 24 December 1930
Three future British WWII naval heroes were serving on the staff of RADM E. R. G. R. Evans, (Evans of the Broke), in HMAS AUSTRALIA, (cruiser). They were:- First Lieutenant; ...
Australian Naval History on 22 February 1929
HMAS Brisbane decommissioned again on 22 January 1929 and then on 16 August 1929 Brisbane was placed in C-Class Reserve and then finally on 1 December 1930 she paid off ...
Australian Naval History on 14 December 1917
CAPT Dumaresq, RAN, commanding HMAS SYDNEY, (cruiser), signalled Scapa Flow Aerodrome:- ‘As DUBLIN’s pilot has to return shortly request that CAMPANIA may be asked to supply a pilot and Camel ...