HMAS GERANIUM, (survey vessel), embarked a Fairey HID seaplane. GERANIUM was the first Australian ship to use aircraft for surveying. ...
Australian Naval History on 2 June 1924
Australian Naval History on 1 June 1924
HMAS FRANKLIN, (armed yacht), was transferred as a gift to the Administration of the Mandated Territory of New Guinea. The yacht was used by the Territory Administrator until 1932. ...
Australian Naval History on 14 May 1924
The turret ship HMAS CERBERUS, (which had been renamed PLAYTPUS II), was sold for 80 pounds, and taken to Williamstown Dockyard for dismantling. The hulk was later sunk as a ...
Australian Naval History on 9 May 1924
Wing Commander S. J. Goble, and Flight Lieutenant I. E. Mclntyre, both former RNAS pilots, completed the first around- Australian flight in Fairey seaplanes. ...
Australian Naval History on 30 April 1924
CDRE Thomas Erskine Wardle, CB, DSO, RN, was appointed Commodore Commanding His Majesty’s Australian Squadron. ...
Australian Naval History on 18 April 1924
HMAS Adelaide (I) joined the flag of Vice Admiral Commanding Special Service Squadron Royal Navy on 18 April 1924 and left Sydney for Wellington on 20 April. She accompanied the ...
Australian Naval History on 12 April 1924
HMAS AUSTRALIA, (battle-cruiser), was ceremoniously scuttled off Sydney Heads as part of the Washington Treaty, which limited fleet sizes, (the RAN was included as part of the RN under this ...
Australian Naval History on 1 March 1924
HMS HOOD and HMS REPULSE, (battle cruisers), arrived in Fremantle. Both ships were part of the Royal Navy Special Service Squadron conducting a world cruise to “show the flag”}. HM ...
Australian Naval History on 26 February 1924
HMA Submarines J1, J2, J4, and J5, were sold to the Melbourne Salvage Syndicate for breaking up. The hulks of JI and J2 were scuttled off Barwon Heads, J3 off ...
Australian Naval History on 3 January 1924
The Australian Council of Defence agreed that the responsibility for defensive submarine mine-laying in Australia rested with the RAN. Previous to this date the Army was responsible for mine-laying. ...
Australian Naval History on 2 November 1923
RADM Sir Albert Percy Addison, KBE, CB, CMG, RN, was appointed Flag Officer Commanding His Majesty’s Australian Squadron. ...
Australian Naval History on 19 October 1923
HM Ships VAMPIRE and VENDETTA, (later HMA Ships of the same name), rescued the crew of the merchant ship IMPERIAL PRINCE in the Mediterranean. ...
Australian Naval History on 12 October 1923
HMAS GERANIUM, (survey ship), towed the passenger ship MONTORO off Young Reef, in the Great Barrier Reef. ...
Australian Naval History on 10 October 1923
HMAS PARRAMATTA, (torpedo boat destroyer), was dispatched to Wilsons Promontory, VIC, to fight bushfires. ...
Australian Naval History on 27 June 1923
HMAS Geranium struck a reef while surveying. She was re-floated the next day at high tide, but her keel was badly buckled and holed in places. The reef that Geranium ...
Australian Naval History on 2 May 1923
A specialist branch of observers was formed within the RAN, to enable officers to qualify as pilots and observers. On qualifying as pilots they received 4 shillings per day additional ...
Australian Naval History on 1 January 1923
HMAS Penguin paid off for disposal. She had served as a depot ship at Garden island since commissioning into the RAN in 1913. On 9 May 1923 she was towed ...
Australian Naval History on 5 August 1922
The light cruiser HMAS ADELAIDE, (CAPT J. B. Stevenson, RAN), was commissioned. ADELAIDE was laid down in Cockatoo Island Dockyard, Sydney, in January 1915, and launched on 27 July 1918. ...
Australian Naval History on 22 July 1922
RADM John Saumarez Dumaresq, CB, CVO, former Flag Officer Commanding His Majesty’s Australian Squadron, died at Manila, Philippines. ...
Australian Naval History on 12 July 1922
HMAS PLATYPUS was paid off as a submarine depot ship, and re-commissioned as a destroyer depot ship. After uneventful service, little of which was spent at sea, the six J ...
Australian Naval History on 30 June 1922
CDRE Sir Albert Percy Addison, was appointed Commodore Commanding His Majesty’s Australian Squadron. ...
Australian Naval History on 3 June 1922
Additional rates of pay for divers in the RAN were approved. They were:- Seaman Diver 2nd Class 3d per day; Seaman Diver 1st Class 6d per day; Artificer Diver 9d ...
Australian Naval History on 29 April 1922
CDRE A. P. Addison, CMG, was appointed Commodore Commanding His Majesty’s Australian Squadron. ...
Australian Naval History on 21 January 1922
HMAS MELBOURNE, (light cruiser), rescued the crew of 22 of the four-masted schooner HELEN B STIRLING north of Newcastle, NSW. ...
Australian Naval History on 5 January 1922
ADML Anthony Monckton Synnot was born at Corowa NSW, and entered the RAN in 1939. He was Chief of Defence Force during the period 1979 to 1982, and is one ...