HMC cutter MERMAID sailed with explorer John Oxley to survey the coast between Fingal Head and Gladstone. ...
Australian Naval History on 9 September 1820
HMCS SPITFIRE, transported the expedition of LEUT J. W. Smith, RN, and G. E. Dalrymple, to explore northern Queensland. Spitfire Rock was named to honour the schooner ...
Australian Naval History on 16 October 1818
HMC brig LADY NELSON returned to Port Jackson, Sydney, after an unsuccessful search for survivors from the schooner WILLIAM COSSAR, in the Port Stephens, NSW area. A wreck, identified as ...
Australian Naval History on 23 October 1817
The monthly rate of pay for an able seaman in HMC vessels was £11 3s 6d. Soap and slops were charged against them. ...
Australian Naval History on 19 October 1817
The RN adopted the 9,000 item flag signalling system compiled by CAPT Frederick Marryat, RN. The system was adapted from the French Navy manual. It was first demonstrated in Australia ...
Australian Naval History on 12 January 1817
HMCS LADY NELSON, (brig), sailed from Sydney to search for survivors from the brig TRIAL in the Port Stephens area. Natives interrogated by the ship’s crew said the convicts who ...
Australian Naval History on 20 June 1814
HMS NELSON, later HMVS NELSON, was launched on the River Thames, London. ...
Australian Naval History on 10 February 1814
Captain John Piper resigned his army commission to assume the duties of Naval Officer, Port Jackson. ...
Australian Naval History on 25 December 1811
Governor Lachlan Macquarie and Mrs. Macquarie celebrated Christmas in on passage from Hobart to Newcastle. ‘My poor Elizabeth has suffered a great deal from the seasickness’, recorded the Governor. ...
Australian Naval History on 7 September 1811
The Sydney Gazette published a proclamation by Governor Lachlan Macquarie, declaring Garden Island, Sydney, a public domain. ...