HMAS MOURILYAN, (patrol vessel), was commissioned. ...
Australian Units
Australian Naval History on 20 May 1918
HMAS PARRAMATTA, (torpedo boat destroyer), attacked an Austrian submarine with gunfire and depth charges. The submarine was sighted from the ship’s observation balloon. ...
Australian Naval History on 14 May 1918
HMAS PARRAMATTA, (torpedo boat destroyer), towed an anti-submarine balloon in the Adriatic. An observer from the ship rode in a wicker basket suspended from the balloon, and communicated with the ...
Australian Naval History on 13 May 1918
HMAS WARREGO, (torpedo boat destroyer), attempted to tow the destroyer HMS PHEONIX, torpedoed whilst on convoy escort duty in the Adriatic Sea, to the Italian port of Valona. Unfortunately the ship sank ...
Australian Naval History on 10 May 1918
HMAS MELBOURNE, (cruiser), embarked a ship’s Sopwith Camel aircraft, while at Rosyth, Scotland. To launch the aircraft, the cruiser had been fitted with a special platform, built over the top ...
Australian Naval History on 3 May 1918
HMAS PARRAMATTA, (torpedo boat destroyer), was fitted with anti-submarine hydrophones at Malta. ...
Australian Naval History on 23 April 1918
Engineer, LEUT W. H. V Edgar, RAN, and 10 ratings from HMAS AUSTRALIA, (battle-cruiser), were loaned to a variety of British ships which participated in the British raid to block ...
Australian Naval History on 22 April 1918
HMAS TORRENS, (torpedo boat destroyer), and HM Ships JACKAL and HORNET, (destroyers), engaged five Austrian destroyers in a running gun battle in the Adriatic Sea. The Austrian vessels turned away ...
Australian Naval History on 15 April 1918
Australian-born Squadron Leader H. R. Busteed, demonstrated the landing of aircraft using arrester cables on HMS FURIOUS. Busteed conceived and perfected the technique. CMDR A. G. H. Bond, RAN, assumed ...
Australian Naval History on 10 April 1918
Two Italian destroyers collided and sank during a storm in the Mediterranean. The Allied destroyers HMAS TORRENS and HMS REDPOLE were dispatched to rescue survivors. During the rescue operation 18 ...