HMAS AUSTRALIA, (battle-cruiser), took part in her first operation, a patrol across the North Sea with the Grand Fleet and light forces, from Harwich, England. ...
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Australian Naval History on 18 March 1915
Medical officers, Staff Surgeon H. J. Brennard, and Surgeon W. J. Carr, RAN, from HMAS MELBOURNE, (cruiser), were invited to appear before a Royal Commission set up in Jamaica to ...
Australian Naval History on 7 March 1915
ADML Sir W. C. Pakenham, GCB, KCMG, KCVO, hoisted his flag in HMAS AUSTRALIA in command of the 2nd Battle- cruiser Squadron of the Grand Fleet, in the North Sea. ...
Australian Naval History on 4 March 1915
HMAS SYDNEY, (cruiser), coaled from the collier BURESK in the Abrolhos Islands north of Rio de Janeiro. The collier was a new ship named after the German collier sunk by ...
Australian Naval History on 1 March 1915
HMAS PIONEER joined RN forces blockading the German cruiser KONIGSBERG in the Rufigi River, East Africa. ...
Australian Naval History on 17 February 1915
The flagship pennant of the Second Battle Cruiser Squadron was hoisted in HMAS AUSTRALIA, (battle-cruiser), at Rosyth, Scotland. ...
Australian Naval History on 6 February 1915
HMAS PIONEER, (cruiser), arrived at Zanzibar to join the blockade of the German cruiser KONIGSBERG in the Rufigi River, East Africa. ...
Australian Naval History on 28 January 1915
HMAS AUSTRALIA, (battle-cruiser), docked at Rosyth, Scotland, after reaching British waters by way of Cape Horn. ...
Australian Naval History on 16 January 1915
HMAS MELBOURNE, (cruiser), pursued an unidentified merchant ship off Havana, Cuba. MELBOURNE fired four shots at the vessel before it stopped. The ship proved to be a neutral Dutch vessel ...
Australian Naval History on 6 January 1915
HMAS AUSTRALIA, (battle-cruiser), captured and sank the German supply ship ELEONORE WOERMAN north of the Falkland Islands. AUSTRALIA fired a shell across the ship’s bows to stop her. A boarding ...