The Sydney Harbour ferry GREYCLIFFE, was run down and cut in two by the Royal Mail Steamer TAHITI, off Bradley’s Head, Sydney. Several vessels including the RAN launch SAPPHIRE were ...
Australian Naval History on 3 November 1927
Australian Naval History on 10 October 1927
HMAS ADELAIDE, (cruiser), sailed from Sydney on the RAN’s last punitive expedition. ADELAIDE was ordered to put down a native uprising at Malaita. ...
Australian Naval History on 4 October 1927
District Officer W. R. Bell, Cadet K. C. Lillie, and 13 native policemen, were massacred by natives at Malaita, Solomon Islands. The uprising caused HMAS ADELAIDE to be dispatched to ...
Australian Naval History on 30 June 1927
HMAS TINGIRA, (training ship), was paid off at Sydney. ...
Australian Naval History on 15 June 1927
The O class submarine HMAS OTWAY, (LCDR G. Tweedie, RN), was commissioned. OTWAY was laid down in Vickers Ltd, Barrow in Furness, England, in 1925, and launched on 7 September ...
Australian Naval History on 10 June 1927
HMAS SYDNEY, (cruiser), visited Dili, Timor, on a flag-showing cruise. ...
Australian Naval History on 31 May 1927
HMAS CANBERRA, (cruiser), was launched at Clydebank, Scotland. ...
Australian Naval History on 13 May 1927
HMAS GERANIUM, (survey ship), towed the grounded passenger ship TASMAN off a reef at Clarke Island. ...
Australian Naval History on 1 April 1927
The O class submarine HMAS OXLEY, (CMDR H. R. Marrack, RN), was commissioned. OXLEY was laid down at Vickers Ltd, Barrow in Furness, UK, in 1925, and launched on 29 ...
Australian Naval History on 17 March 1927
HMAS AUSTRALIA, (cruiser), was launched at Clydebank, Scotland. ...
Australian Naval History on 22 January 1927
The first Sovereign’s Colours, (King George V), was presented to the RAN at Flinders Naval Depot by the Governor General, Lord Stonehaven. A second colour for use by the Fleet ...
Australian Naval History on 7 September 1926
HMAS OTWAY, (submarine), was launched at Vickers Armstrong, UK. ...
Australian Naval History on 5 September 1926
LCDR F. C. Darley, RN, was killed while leading a boarding party to recapture a British river steamer, seized by Chinese pirates at Wanhsien. Darley distinguished himself in HMAS AUSTRALIA, ...
Australian Naval History on 2 September 1926
HMAS CERBERUS, (former HMVS CERBERUS, turret ship), was sunk as a breakwater in Port Phillip Bay, VIC. ...
Australian Naval History on 5 August 1926
Sir Neville Howse, Minister for Defence, enunciated the policy that all officers of the RAN should be Australians. ...
Australian Naval History on 20 July 1926
LEUT Norman. H. Shaw was appointed to Command the Royal Navy submarine HMS H27 becoming the first RANC Graduate to command a warship. He was 26 years and 11 days ...
Australian Naval History on 30 June 1926
HMAS OXLEY, (submarine), was launched at Vickers Armstrong, England. ...
Australian Naval History on 16 June 1926
101 Flight, RAAF, was re-formed to operate six Supermarine Seagull Mark II amphibian aircraft, for naval co-operation duties. ...
Australian Naval History on 30 April 1926
CDRE Sir George Francis Hyde, KCB, CVO, CBE, RN, was appointed Commodore Commanding His Majesty’s Australian Squadron. ...
Australian Naval History on 1 December 1925
HMAS Stalwart decommissioned. She remained in reserve after decommissioning until she was eventually sold for breaking up on 4 June 1937. ...
Australian Naval History on 12 November 1925
LEUT R. C. Casey, RAN, a 1916 entry to the Royal Australian Naval College, was lost when HM submarine M1 was lost with all hands off Devon, England. ...
Australian Naval History on 23 July 1925
A US Naval Squadron consisting of US Ships CALIFORNIA, COLORADO, IDAHO, MARYLANDMISSISSIPPI, TENNESSEE, and WEST VIRGINIA, arrived at Sydney for a goodwill visit. ...
Australian Naval History on 18 July 1925
While HMAS Brisbane was at Hong Kong, there was a major landslide in the Po Hing Fong district which destroyed many homes and killed 73 people. Warrant Officer Shipwright Robert ...
Australian Naval History on 26 June 1925
HMAS BRISBANE, (cruiser), was attached to the RN’s China Squadron. ...
Australian Naval History on 25 June 1925
HMS CONCORD, (cruiser), sailed from Sydney on the completion of her exchange deployment with the Australian Squadron. ...
