HMAS Melbourne departed from Trinidad with orders to search the coastal areas of Venezuela, Colombia and Panama for the Karlsruhe and her attendant supply ship. HMAS Sydney coaled at Ponta ...
HMAS Sydney I
Australian Naval History on 1 December 1914
HMA Ships MELBOURNE and SYDNEY, (cruisers), sailed from Gibraltar to join the British West Indies Fleet. ...
Australian Naval History on 14 November 1914
VADM Sir Goerge Patey. RN, in his flagship HMAS AUSTRALIA I rendezvoused off the Mexican coast with HMS NEWCASTLE, to block any attempt by ADML von Spee and his ships, ...
Australian Naval History on 9 November 1914
The cruiser HMAS SYDNEY, (CAPT J. C. T. Glossop, RN), engaged the German raider EMDEN, (CAPT Karl von Muller), off Cocos Island. The superior armament of SYDNEY asserted itself, and ...
Australian Naval History on 1 November 1914
The first convoy of 28 troop ships sailed from Albany, WA, for Egypt. The escort comprised HMA Ships MELBOURNE and SYDNEY, (cruisers), HMS MINOTAUR, and the Japanese cruiser IBUKI. ...
Australian Naval History on 26 September 1914
A landing party from HMAS SYDNEY, (cruiser), destroyed the German wireless station at Angaur in the Palau Islands. ...
Australian Naval History on 11 September 1914
The RAN Brigade, supported by men from Australian warships, landed at Kabakaul, German New Guinea, (New Britain), to seize the German wireless station there. HMA Ships AUSTRALIA, SYDNEY, ENCOUNTER, PARRAMATTA, ...
Australian Naval History on 7 September 1914
A joint Australian army-navy expedition sailed for German New Guinea from Port Moresby embarked on board the auxilliary cruiser HMAS BERRIMA, escorted by HMAS AUSTRALIA, HMAS SYDNEY, HMAS ENCOUNTER, HMAS WAREGO, and ...
Australian Naval History on 5 August 1914
The message conveying the news of the outbreak of war with Germany was received in Australia at 12.30pm. The disposition of ships of the RAN, at the declaration of WWI, ...
Australian Naval History on 4 October 1913
The first RAN fleet, under the command of RADM Sir George Patey, RN, in HMAS AUSTRALIA, (battle-cruiser), entered Sydney Harbour. With AUSTRALIA were her consorts HMA Ships MELBOURNE, SYDNEY, ENCOUNTER, ...