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Australian Naval History on 12 July 1922

On This Day · Jul 12, 1922 ·

HMAS PLATYPUS was paid off as a submarine depot ship, and re-commissioned as a destroyer depot ship. After uneventful service, little of which was spent at sea, the six J ...

Australian Naval History on 21 January 1922

On This Day · Jan 21, 1922 ·

HMAS MELBOURNE, (light cruiser), rescued the crew of 22 of the four-masted schooner HELEN B STIRLING north of Newcastle, NSW. ...

Australian Naval History on 13 December 1921

On This Day · Dec 13, 1921 ·

The Four Power Treaty was signed between the British Commonwealth, the United States, France and Japan. This treaty was replaced by the Washington Treaty three months later, and resulted in ...

Australian Naval History on 12 December 1921

On This Day · Dec 12, 1921 ·

HMAS Australia paid off into Reserve at Sydney ...

Australian Naval History on 23 April 1921

On This Day · Apr 23, 1921 ·

HMAS MOMBAH, (coal storage vessel), was launched at Cockatoo Island, Sydney. ...

Australian Naval History on 1 April 1921

On This Day · Apr 1, 1921 ·

Flinders Naval Depot, (HMAS CERBERUS), was officially opened. This date is now accepted as the commissioning date for HMAS CERBERUS. 1921 HMAS PROTECTOR, (gunboat), was re-commissioned as HMAS CERBERUS, and ...

Australian Naval History on 13 March 1921

On This Day · Mar 13, 1921 ·

HMAS CERBERUS, (former HMC turret ship), was moved to Corio Bay, VIC, and was re-commissioned as HMAS PLATYPUS II, (submarine tender). ...

Australian Naval History on 21 January 1921

David Stratton · Jan 21, 1921 ·

HMAS Melbourne was involved in the dramatic rescue of 18 people from the sinking US registered schooner Helen B Sterling. The Helen B Sterling had departed Newcastle in early January ...

Australian Naval History on 4 January 1921

On This Day · Jan 4, 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 10 November 1920

On This Day · Nov 10, 1920 ·

HMS Verdun (destroyer) transported the body of the Unknown Warrior from France to England. Correction: November 2014 – This entry previously said that HMS Vendetta (later HMAS Vendetta) transported the ...

Australian Naval History on 30 September 1920

David Stratton · Sep 30, 1920 ·

HMAS Encounter paid off into reserve . She was assigned to the naval base at Garden Island as a depot ship in May 1923, and was renamed HMAS Penguin ...

Australian Naval History on 1 September 1920

On This Day · Sep 1, 1920 ·

Flinders Naval Depot was commissioned as a training establishment for the RAN. It was officially renamed HMAS CERBERUS in December 1962. ...

Australian Naval History on 19 July 1920

David Stratton · Jul 19, 1920 ·

HMAS Torrens was paid off into reserve. The destroyer was relocated to Flinders Naval Depot in July 1924, and although not recommissioned, was used for the training of naval reservists. ...

Australian Naval History on 5 July 1920

On This Day · Jul 5, 1920 ·

The fleet collier HMAS BILOELA, was commissioned. BILOELA was laid down in Cockatoo Island Dockyard, Sydney, 21 October 1918, and launched on 10 April 1919. ...

Australian Naval History on 25 February 1920

On This Day · Feb 25, 1920 ·

Navy Order 27 introduced an Australian code of discipline to the RAN. The order was issued as a consequence of the inquiry into a mutiny in HMAS AUSTRALIA in 1919. ...

Australian Naval History on 19 February 1920

On This Day · Feb 19, 1920 ·

HMAS SLEUTH, (patrol vessel), was sold out of service and renamed AURORA. ...

Australian Naval History on 28 January 1920

On This Day · Jan 28, 1920 ·

The S class destroyer, HMAS TASMANIA, (LCDR H. O. Joyce, RN), was commissioned. TASMANIA was laid down in William Breadmore Yard, UK, on 23 November 1918. ...

Australian Naval History on 27 January 1920

On This Day · Jan 27, 1920 ·

The Marksman class destroyer, (flotilla leader), HMAS ANZAC, (CMDR S. H. Simpson, RN), was commissioned. ANZAC was laid down in Denny Bros. Yard, UK, on 11 January 1917. In 1919 ...

Australian Naval History on 20 December 1919

On This Day · Dec 20, 1919 ·

After an exchange of messages between the Australian Government and the British Admiralty, it was announced that the balance of the sentences, handed down as a result of the mutiny ...

Australian Naval History on 10 December 1919

On This Day · Dec 10, 1919 ·

HMAS SYDNEY, (light cruiser), patrolled the Timor Sea as beacon ship for Ross and Keith Smith’s flight from England to Australia. The aviators recorded the cruiser was sighted exactly on ...

Australian Naval History on 5 December 1919

David Stratton · Dec 5, 1919 ·

HMAS Encounter permanently transferred from the RN to the RAN ...

Australian Naval History on 6 November 1919

On This Day · Nov 6, 1919 ·

RADM P. E. F. P. Grant, First Naval Member, tendered his resignation. His resignation was in protest to the Australian Government demanding the Admiralty release five sailors gaoled for participation ...

Australian Naval History on 8 September 1919

On This Day · Sep 8, 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 22 July 1919

On This Day · Jul 22, 1919 ·

The River class torpedo boat destroyer, HMAS Parramatta (I) decommissioned in Sydney. ...

Australian Naval History on 18 July 1919

On This Day · Jul 18, 1919 ·

HMAS Sydney arrived in Sydney after sailing from Portsmouth on 9 April 1919 for the return passage to Australia calling at Gibaltar, Malta, Port Said, Port Suez, Aden, Colombo, Singapore, ...

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