The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
This work in an etching of HMAS Australia in harbour. HMAS Australia was a County-class heavy cruiser of the Royal Australian Navy, ordered in 1924 after the scuttling of the first HMAS Australia, and entering service in 1928. Apart from an exchange deployment to the Mediterranean from 1934 to 1936, the cruiser operated in local and south-west Pacific waters until the commecement of the Second World War. Until mid-1940 the cruiser remained near Australia, before being deployed for duties in the eastern Atlantic and south-east Asia. During the late 1940s, HMAS Australia served with the British Commonwealth Occupation Force in Japan before being retasked as a training ship in 1950. The cruiser was decommissioned in 1954.
This painting depicts the insignia of the HMAS Australia. The HMAS Australia (II) was one of two 10, 000 ton County Class heavy cruisers ordered by the Australian Government as part of a five year nav
Depicts HMAS Australia (1928-1954) in action against a torpedo bombing attack during the Battle of Savo Island. HMAS Australia is being attacked during the allied landing of forces on Guadalcanal Isla
24 Miles East From South Head, Sydney. 1924-04-12. Battle cruiser HMAS Australia (I) listing to port and sinking during her ceremonial scuttling under the terms of the Washington Treaty of 1922. Austr
Portsmouth, England. 29 September 1924. Port side view of the light cruiser HMAS Adelaide entering Portsmouth Harbour. Note the two 6 inch guns alongside each other on the foredeck, part of her origin
SOUTH HEAD, NSW. 1924-04-12. THE BATTLECRUISER HMAS AUSTRALIA (I) ON HER PORT SIDE AND SINKING DURING HER CEREMONIAL SCUTTLING 95 DEGREES 24 MILES OFF INNER SOUTH HEAD. THE FLOTILLA LEADER HMAS ANZAC
The county class cruiser HMAS Australia which carried out convoy escort and patrols in the Atlantic and Indian Oceans and the Tasman Sea for much of 1941. Note the camouflage pattern.
