The Australian Government authorised the building of two light cruisers for the Australian Navy. The cruisers were named HMAS SYDNEY and HMAS MELBOURNE. ...
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Australian Naval History on 9 April 1910
The second Australian torpedo boat destroyer, HMAS YARRA, was launched at Dumbarton, Scotland. ...
Australian Naval History on 9 February 1910
HMAS PARRAMATTA, (torpedo boat destroyer), was the first warship ordered by the Government to be built for the Australian Navy since Federation in 1901. It was launched at Govan, Scotland, by Mrs. Asquith, wife ...
Australian Naval History on 5 February 1909
The Fisher Government in Australia adopted the 24 destroyer plan. Without consulting British Admiralty, the Australian Government ordered three River class torpedo boat destroyers, later named HMAS PARRAMATTA, YARRA, and WARREGO, ...
Australian Naval History on 18 June 1902
HMS ENCOUNTER, (cruiser), later HMAS ENCOUNTER, was launched at Devonport, England. ...
Australian Naval History on 1 March 1901
The order was gazetted that all Australian armed forces should be transferred from the jurisdiction of the State Governments to the Federal Government, which under the Federal Constitution, would be ...
Australian Naval History on 28 June 1899
HMS PIONEER, (3rd class cruiser), later HMAS PIONEER, was launched at Chatham, England. ...
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 ...
Australian Naval History on 6 March 1827
CAPT James Stirling, RN, in HMS SUCCESS, named Garden Island, at the mouth of the Swan River, WA, where Fremantle now stands. Garden Island became HMAS STIRLING, (Fleet Base West), ...
Australian Naval History on 8 March 1808
The 5th-rate, HMS SAN FIORENZO, (CAPT G. N. Hardinge, RN), captured the French ship PIETMONTAISE, (40 guns), in a battle which lasted three days. CAPT Hardinge was killed in the ...