Williamstown may have been the cradle of the Victorian Naval Forces and the Commonwealth Naval Forces, but there seems little doubt that from the inception of Australia’s own Naval Forces ...
HMAS Tingira
Detail Action
The following poem “Detail Action” has been attributed to CPO Fred “Gaity” Crawford, the well known identity of the Boys Training Ship “Tingira”, and this could quite possibly be true. ...
Bastock, John – Naval Artist & Writer
The History of HMAS Tingira
The RAN – 1918-1919
Twins Were Pioneers of the RAN
An announcement that two brothers had been appointed to command sister ships in Australia’s Destroyer Squadron has brought to light the careers of twin brothers who were pioneers of the ...
Australian Naval History on 18 July 1960
The first Junior Recruits, (boys aged between 15 and 17), commenced training at HMAS LEEUWIN, at Fremantle WA. The scheme was designed to provide boys with a year of academic ...
Australian Naval History on 30 June 1927
HMAS TINGIRA, (training ship), was paid off at Sydney. ...
Australian Naval History on 25 April 1912
The boys training ship HMAS TINGIRA, (CMDR C la P. Lewin, RN), was commissioned. TINGIRA was laid down as a clipper ship SOBROAN, in Alexanda Hall & Co, Aberdeen, Scotland, ...
Australian Naval History on 11 February 1891
The Clipper ship SOBRAON was purchased by the NSW Government as a replacement for the boys’ training ship VERNON. The vessel was commissioned into the RAN as HMAS TINGIRA in ...