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Nine Sydney harbour ferries built in the mid-1980s are named after First Fleet vessels. The unused names are Lady Penrhyn and Prince of Wales. People
While each was charting Australia's coastline, Baudin and Flinders met by chance in April 1802 in Encounter Bay in what is now South Australia. Baudin stopped at the settlement of Sydney for supplies. In Sydney he bought a new ship, the Casuarina, a smaller vessel which could conduct close inshore survey work, under the command of Louis de ...
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HMAS Sydney, named for the Australian city of Sydney, was one of three modified Leander-class light cruisers operated by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). Ordered for the Royal Navy as HMS Phaeton , the cruiser was purchased by the Australian government and renamed prior to her 1934 launch.
May 4, 2023 · Defining Moments. Royal Australian Navy. 1913: The newly created Royal Australian Navy’s ‘fleet unit’ sails into Sydney Harbour. A 1913 photograph. On Saturday 4 October 1913 a fleet of seven brand-new grey-painted warships steamed out of the sea mist and through the Heads into Sydney Harbour.
Subcategories. This category has the following 13 subcategories, out of 13 total. A. Ships named Australia (7 C, 5 F)
Oct 4, 2013 · October 4, 1913. The Royal Australian Navy Fleet, led by HMAS Australia, the country's first flagship, sails into Sydney Harbour. The Australia was accompanied by HMAS Melbourne, HMAS Sydney, HMAS Encounter, HMAS Warrego, HMAS Parramatta and HMAS Yarra. 1914.
The Fleet consisted of two Royal Navy escort ships, HMS Sirius and HMS Supply, accompanying six convict transports, the Alexander, Charlotte, Friendship, Lady Penrhyn, Prince of Wales and the Scarborough, and three store ships, the Borrowdale, Fishburn and Golden Grove.
