HMAS SYDNEY, (cruiser), was ordered to join the 2nd Cruiser Squadron in the Mediterranean. The Mediterranean Fleet was strengthened as a result of the Abyssinian Crisis. ...
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Australian Naval History on 11 October 1935
Secret orders were received by HMAS AUSTRALIA, (cruiser), in the Mediterranean. In the event of war with Italy, AUSTRALIA was to join HMS BERWICK, and proceed to a position off ...
Australian Naval History on 8 October 1935
HMAS AUSTRALIA, (cruiser),won the Mediterranean Regatta against all ships of the Fleet. The cruiser scored 279.5 points, against HMS LONDON’S 276. ...
Australian Naval History on 24 September 1935
The modified Leander class cruiser HMAS SYDNEY, (CAPT J. U. C. Fitzgerald, RN), was commissioned at Portsmouth . SYDNEY was laid down in Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson Yard, Wallsend-on-Tyne, ...
Australian Naval History on 12 September 1935
The first Seagull MK V amphibian was embarked in HMAS AUSTRALIA, (cruiser). HMAS SYDNEY, (cruiser), also carried a Seagull A2-2. ...
Australian Naval History on 1 August 1935
The decommissioned MARGUERITE and MALLOW were sunk by gunfire and explosives off Sydney ...
Australian Naval History on 16 July 1935
HMA Ships AUSTRALIA and BRISBANE, (cruisers), represented the RAN at the Jubilee Review of HRH King George V, at Spithead, England. ...
Australian Naval History on 13 June 1935
HMAS BRISBANE, (cruiser), was ordered to assist HMS HASTINGS, (sloop), which ran aground on Shab Kutle Reef in the Red Sea. The cruiser stood by the stranded ship for a ...
Australian Naval History on 2 May 1935
HMAS Brisbane sailed for England manned by a complement which would form the balance of the ship’s company of the new HMAS Sydney (ex-HMS Phaeton) ...
Australian Naval History on 16 April 1935
The hulk of the former HMAS Geranium was towed out of Sydney Harbour by the tug Chesterfield and she was scuttled approximately 40 kilometres off Sydney Heads later that day. ...