Saboteurs cut all electrical connections in HMAS BRISBANE, (cruiser), fitting out at Cockatoo Island, Sydney. ...
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Australian Naval History on 9 October 1916
PO Stephen Gilbert of HMAS AE2, (submarine), died of typhus while a POW in the Turkish POW camp at Belemedik. ...
Australian Naval History on 30 September 1916
Stoker Michael Williams, of HMAS AE2, is believed to have died while a POW, at the Turkish POW Camp at Pozanti. His body was never recovered at the end of ...
Australian Naval History on 21 September 1916
HMAS MELBOURNE, (cruiser), joined the Second Light Cruiser Squadron for operations in the North Sea. The squadron was based at Rosyth, Scotland. ...
Australian Naval History on 18 September 1916
CPO Stoker Charles Varcoe, of HMAS AE2, (submarine), died while a POW in the Turkish POW Camp at Belemedik. He was the first of four AE2 men to die as ...
Australian Naval History on 19 August 1916
HMAS AUSTRALIA and HMS NEW ZEALAND, (battle-cruisers), narrowly avoided torpedoes fired by German submarines when they steamed into an ambush off Terschelling, in the North Sea. ...
Australian Naval History on 16 August 1916
The River class torpedo boat destroyer HMAS SWAN, (LEUT E. M. Mortimer, RN), was commissioned. SWAN was laid down in Cockatoo Island Dockyard, Sydney, on 22 January 1915, and launched ...
Australian Naval History on 14 August 1916
HMA Ships HUON, SWAN, and TORRENS, (torpedo boat destroyers), joined the contraband patrol at Sandakan. ...
Australian Naval History on 8 August 1916
HMAS MELBOURNE, (cruiser), arrived at Devonport, England, for refit and modification. ...
Australian Naval History on 3 July 1916
The River class destroyer HMAS TORRENS, (LEUT K. P. Dalglish, RN), was commissioned. TORRENS was laid down in Cockatoo Island Dockyard, Sydney on 23 January 1913, and launched on 28 ...
Australian Naval History on 27 June 1916
HMAS Melbourne sailed from Birkenhead to rejoin the Grand Fleet at Scapa and again became a unit of the 2nd Light Cruiser Squadron ...
Australian Naval History on 16 June 1916
HRH King George V, inspected HMAS AUSTRALIA, (battle-cruiser), on the Tyne. ...
Australian Naval History on 13 June 1916
HMS CHALLENGER and HMAS PIONEER, (cruisers), bombarded Dar Es Salaam, capital of German East Africa. ...
Australian Naval History on 31 May 1916
On the occasion of the Battle of Jutland HMAS Australia was returning to Scapa from Devonport, having departed at 10 a.m. on 31 May. She arrived at Scapa at 6:30 ...
Australian Naval History on 22 April 1916
HMAS AUSTRALIA and HMS NEW ZEALAND, (battle-cruisers), collided north-west of Horn Reef in the North Sea. AUSTRALIA was in dockyard hands for two months while repairs were made, and missed ...
Australian Naval History on 20 March 1916
The HMAS MELBOURNE, (cruiser), concert party performed before a capacity audience at Ward’s Theatre in Kingston, Jamaica. Proceeds from the performance were shared by local patriotic charities. ...
Australian Naval History on 18 March 1916
HMAS PIONEER, (cruiser), intercepted and sank the German supply ship TABORA off Dar Es Salaam, East Africa. ...
Australian Naval History on 26 February 1916
HMAS MELBOURNE, (cruiser), searched Brazilian waters for the German raider PUNGO. On the same day her sister-ship, HMAS SYDNEY, was scouring the coast off Cape St Roque for the armed ...
Australian Naval History on 12 February 1916
While HMAS Pioneer was visiting Port Swettenham (Kelang) tensions aboard ship came to a head and seven stokers refused duty, an action that eventually led to their respective court martials. ...
Australian Naval History on 27 January 1916
HMAS AUSTRALIA, (battle-cruiser), participated in a 2nd Battle-cruiser Squadron sweep of Norwegian waters in the vicinity of The Naze. No enemy vessels were encountered. ...
Australian Naval History on 13 January 1916
189 men of the RANBT, then encamped at Mudros on the island of Imbros, mutinied over lack of pay and refused to muster for work. They were placed under arrest ...
Australian Naval History on 1 January 1916
HMAT Geelong collided with SS Bonvilston in the Mediterranean and sank ...
Australian Naval History on 20 December 1915
The last personnel of the RAN Bridging Train, (RANBT), left Suvla Bay at 0430 making them the last Australians to depart the Gallipoli Peninsula. A 50-man team under SBLT C. ...
Australian Naval History on 14 December 1915
The River class destroyer HMAS HUON, was commissioned. HUON was laid down in Cockatoo Island Dockyard, Sydney, on 23 January 1913, and launched as HMAS DERWENT on 19 December 1914. ...
Australian Naval History on 11 December 1915
HMAS SWAN, (torpedo boat destroyer), was launched at Cockatoo Island, Sydney. ...