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Cockatoo Island Dockyard

I Name this Ship….

A.N. Other · Mar 24, 2022 ·

By Mary White The following article is taken from the July 1948 edition of The Navy magazine and is reproduced by kind permission of the Editor. The parish of St. ...

HMS Australia and the William Droudge Mystery

Editorial Staff · Sep 2, 2019 ·

We know much about the WWI vintage battlecruiser HMAS Australia (I) and the WWII vintage heavy cruiser HMAS Australia (II) but very little about the first warship to carry our ...

Occasional Paper 28: Cockatoo Island – An Historical Account

A.N. Other · Oct 29, 2018 ·

June 2018 Cockatoo Island has a long association with the RAN. The Island has World Heritage Listing and some additional information can be found on our website at https://navyhistory.au/naval-heritage-sites/cockatoo-island. This ...

Cockatoo Island – An Historical Account

Ward, Samantha · Jun 17, 2003 ·

Reprinted by kind permission of the Surface Force Element Group at Garden Island and originally published in their brochure ‘Birds Away’ Cockatoo Island is Sydney Harbour’s largest. It was named ...

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Cockatoo Dockyard and the American Fleet Cruisers

A.N. Other · Jun 21, 1990 ·

Cockatoo Dockyard Chief Executive (Mr J.C. Jeremy) has unearthed some fascinating insight into the unique job of work done at Cockatoo Island to provide a new stub bow for the ...

First of the Line – HMAS Albatross, first aircraft carrier

Issacs, Keith, AFC, ARAeS, Group Captain, RAAF (Retd) · Oct 31, 1977 ·

WHEN THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER1 emerged from the 1914-18 war as a major weapon of war, it was inevitable that the Royal Australian Navy – with the largest island continent in ...

Spectacle Island Command 1894 – 1900

Capper, Lieutenant Commander · Mar 30, 1976 ·

Lieutenant Commander Capper assumed command of Her Majesty’s Magazine and Ordnance Depot on March 1895. Capper was one of the first lower deck men to be commissioned in the Royal ...

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Australian Naval History on 11 November 1918

On This Day · Nov 11, 1918 ·

Germany signed the Armistice to end WWI. The RAN lost the submarines AE1 and AE2 during the war. Over 240 RAN personnel lost their lives during the war, both within ...

Australian Naval History on 14 December 1915

On This Day · Dec 14, 1915 ·

The River class destroyer HMAS HUON, was commissioned. HUON was laid down in Cockatoo Island Dockyard, Sydney, on 23 January 1913, and launched as HMAS DERWENT on 19 December 1914. ...

Australian Naval History on 11 December 1915

On This Day · Dec 11, 1915 ·

HMAS SWAN, (torpedo boat destroyer), was launched at Cockatoo Island, Sydney. ...

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