The fisheries patrol vessel, LARRAKIA, later HMAS LARRAKIA, fired over 1000 rounds warning Japanese fishing vessels they were poaching in North Australian waters. ...
Australian Units
Australian Naval History on 11 August 1937
HMAS SYDNEY, (cruiser), arrived in her name port on her maiden voyage. ...
Australian Naval History on 4 June 1937
HMA Ships SUCCESS, STALWART, TASMANIA, and TATTOO, (destroyers), were sold for scrap. All four ships had been built in the United Kingdom towards the end of World War I, and ...
Australian Naval History on 21 January 1937
The Grimsby class escort sloop, HMAS SWAN, (CMDR R. R. Dowling, RAN), was commissioned. SWAN was laid down in Cockatoo Island Dockyard, Sydney, 1 May 1935, and launched on 28 ...
Australian Naval History on 9 January 1937
HMAS SWORDSMAN, (destroyer), was sold out of service. ...
Australian Naval History on 9 November 1936
HMAS VENDETTA, (destroyer), was despatched from Sydney to search for the 32 foot launch VIKING, missing between Sydney and Lord Howe Island. Although five steamers and numerous smaller craft joined ...
Australian Naval History on 11 August 1936
HMAS Australia (II) arrived in Sydney after an absence of 615 days on exchange service in company with HMAS Sydney who made her long awaited entry through Sydney Heads and ...
Australian Naval History on 14 July 1936
HMA Ships AUSTRALIA and SYDNEY, (cruisers), were attached to the Mediterranean Fleet during the Abyssinian crisis. ...
Australian Naval History on 19 June 1936
HMAS Tattoo paid off and eventually sold for breaking up on 4 June 1937. ...
Australian Naval History on 15 June 1936
HMS AMPHION, (cruiser), later HMAS PERTH, was commissioned at Portsmouth. ...