14 May 1943 Hospital Ship Centaur torpedoed
Before dawn on 14 May 1943, Australian Hospital Ship Centaur was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine off North Stradbroke Island,. Of the 332 aboard...
28 Apr 1941 – RAN volunteer killed in de-mining
28 April 1941. On this day in 1941 LEUT James Henry Kessack, RANVR lost his life trying to defuse a German land mine in...
22 April 1916 – HMAS Australia HMS New Zealand collision
ON THIS day in 1916 the battle cruisers HMAS Australia and HMS New Zealand collided in a fog off the Horns Reef in the...
RAN helps in British raid to block Belgian canal
On the night of 22-23 April 1918 Artificer Engineer W. H. V Edgar, RAN, and 10 ratings from HMAS Australia, loaned to a variety...
15 April 1944 – LEUT Max Shean – X Craft
On this day in in 1944 Lieutenant Maxwell Henry Shean, RAN, commanded the midget submarine X-24 in a solo raid on an important floating...
10 April 1941, the Siege of Tobruk began.
Over the next 242 days, Australian, British, Indian and Polish troops, supported by RN and RAN and merchant ships defended the Fortress of Tobruk...
11 April 1943 HMAS Pirie – six sailors killed
On this Day 11 April 1943 HMAS Pirie - Six Sailors Killed in Action
On this day during Operation Lilliput, to supply US...
27-28 Mar 1941. RAN at the Battle of Cape Matapan
On this day Perth, Stuart and Vendetta were all engaged in the Royal Navy’s night battle when they engaged the Italian Battle fleet. ...
23 March 1969 HMAS Hobart under fire off Vietnam
On this day HMAS Hobart, CAPT K W Shands, on her second deployment to Vietnam, came under accurate enemy fire from shore batteries at...
Dumaresq appointed commander of Australian Station
22 March 1919 Commodore John Dumaresq, CB,CVO,MVO, RN was appointed Commodore Commanding the Australian Station.
Australian born Commodore John Dumaresq, CB,CVO,MVO, RN was appointed Commodore...