HMCS VICTORIA, (screw steamer), joined the Australian Squadron, HM Ships IRIS, NIGER, CORDELIA, PELORUS, MIRANDA, HARRIET, and ORPHEUS, involved in the second Maori War. ...
Australian Naval History on 10 March 1860
CDRE F. B. P. Seymour, CB, RN, was appointed Commodore Commanding the Australia Station, his flagship was HMS PELOROUS. Seymour was a fighting officer, leading the naval forces in the ...
Australian Naval History on 1 June 1859
The Imperial Squadron on the Australia Station consisted of HM Ships IRIS, (26 guns sailing); PELORUS, (21 guns screw); NIGER, (14 guns screw); ELK, (12 guns sailing); and CORDELIA, (11 ...
Australian Naval History on 15 May 1859
CDRE W. Loring, RN, in HMS IRIS, offered to exchange Fort Macquarie for Garden Island as a base for RN ships in Australia. ...
Australian Naval History on 26 March 1859
CDRE William Loring, CB, was appointed Commodore commanding the newly established Australian Squadron of the Royal Navy, which became independent of the C-in-C, India. His Flagship was HMS IRIS, and ...
Australian Naval History on 25 March 1859
The Australia Station was established as a separate command. The Station was defined in a minute from the Admiralty: “Australia Station:- Bounded on the North by the Parallel of 10 ...
Australian Naval History on 23 February 1859
Boats from HMVS VICTORIA rescued the crew of the sailing vessel B. NORRIS, which caught fire and sank in Port Phillip. ...
Australian Naval History on 20 October 1858
The Victorian Government approved the building of a graving dock at Williamstown. ...
Australian Naval History on 9 October 1858
The hulk MELBOURNE was the first ship to be slipped at Williamstown Dockyard, VIC. ...
Australian Naval History on 28 June 1858
The Admiralty approved an expenditure of from £4000 to £6000 for rendering Garden Island, Sydney, available for the repair of HM ships. ...