On her return to Australian waters, several sailors aboard the warship After the war, both anti-aircraft guns were replaced by a pair of Bids for construction were forwarded to the Australian Government by Reid on 7 March 1910, and Prime Minister At launch, the standard ship's company was 820, over half of which were Royal Navy personnel; the other half was made up of Australian-born RAN personnel, or Britons transferring from the Royal Navy to the RAN.On 3 August, the RAN was placed under Admiralty control.The British Empire declared war on Germany on 5 August, and the RAN swung into action.As Patey predicted, von Spee had continued east, and it was not until his force inflicted the first defeat on the Royal Navy in 100 years at the As the threat of a German naval attack had been removed by the destruction of the East Asia Squadron, On the evening of 18 August, the Grand Fleet put to sea in response to a message deciphered by The year 1917 saw a continuation of the battlecruiser's routine of exercises and patrols into the North Sea, with few incidents.

During her visit to the Solomon Islands a ceremony was held to commemorate the sinking of her sister ship, HMAS On 4 May 1954 the Governor-General, Sir William Slim, Lady Slim and their staff were embarked for a voyage to the Coral Sea, the Great Barrier Reef and the Whitsunday Passage. She was built to the Kent Class design of County Class cruisers, her sister ships being HMAS She commissioned at Clydebank on 24 April 1928, two months before her sister ship HMAS She spent the first six years of her commission on the Australia Station, mostly in home waters.

Contact Us; Feedback Form; Tour Guides; Facebook; News The height of these were later increased.HM King George V during his visit to Australia, 17 July 1928.HMAS Australia transiting the Panama Canal, circa 1935.A postcard depicting Australia's world cruise between 1934-1936.HMAS Australia Ratings proceeding on shore leave during one of their many port visits.Left: A rating polishes one of Australia's gun tompions. There were two destroyers, Warramunga and Arunta, the frigate HMAS Gascoyne and a survey vessel. After a somewhat leisurely voyage home via the Cape of Good Hope, Apart from a three month deployment in Far Eastern waters between September and November 1947, In May 1951 the Governor of New South Wales, Lieutenant General Sir John Northcott, was embarked for Jubilee celebrations at Lord Howe Island. However some crew records may be restricted because they contain sensitive personal information. Proceeding via New Zealand, Fiji, Balboa and Kingston, The optimistic belief that the population of Dakar would welcome de Gaulle proved to be ill-founded and shore batteries opened fire on the fleet. During the dawn stand-to, a low-flying aircraft approached from the land between Australia and Shropshire. The first is that sinking In 1990, a large, unknown shipwreck was encountered by the Fugro Seafloor Surveys vessel MV

HMAS Sydney (II) crew - Portrait of the crew in full uniform after a successful mission in the Mediterranean Image courtesy of the Australian War Memorial (P00795.001) Captain Burnett - Took command of HMAS Sydney (II) on 14 May 1941 HMAS Sydney (II) - A celebratory march through Perth, Western Australia Commodore JA Collins suffered burns and wounds; Captain EFV Dechaineux and Whether this was the first deliberate kamikaze attack on an Allied ship remains the topic of debate.

In July of the same year the ship paid a brief visit to New Caledonia and also visited New Guinea, New Britain and the Solomon Islands. Ordered from John Brown and Company in March 1910, construction began three months later with the total cost of the ship and fittings expected to be some £2 million. Right: A similar barrel as fitted to the ship when in commission. Indefatigable-class battlecruiser HMAS Australia (1913–1921) S-class destroyer HMAS … Also in the group were three Australian storeships and a tanker. Dame Mary Cook, wife of Australian High Commissioner, UKHMAS Australia fitting out.