The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Indian Ocean. November 1914. "HMS Minotaur, flagship of the British China Squadron which usually led the fleet of the First Convoy. On the horizon can be seen the smoke of the Japanese cruiser Ibuki, she burnt 200 tons of coal per day. Early on 8 November 1914 HMS Minotaur left us and HMS Melbourne took charge of the fleet." C E W Bean. The troopship Euripides is seen in the background.
Model of HIJMS Ibuki. The Japanese battle cruiser Ibuki assisted HMS Minotaur and the Australian light cruisers Sydney and Melbourne to escort the first Australian and New Zealand convoy which sailed
The armoured cruiser HMS Minotaur, flagship of the escort of the first Australian convoy, in King George's Sound, Western Australia. HMAS Sydney can be seen on the left.
The armoured cruiser HMS Minotaur, flagship of the escort of the first Australian convoy, anchored in King George's Sound, Western Australia.
The Japanese battle cruiser Ibuki seen on the horizon from the starboard side, travelling towards the rear of the convoy.
1914-11. The armoured cruiser HMS Minotaur escorting the first troop convoy of Australian and New Zealand soldiers bound for the Middle East. Note the amount of funnel smoke she is producing.
A Danish whaler, used as a picquet boat, and behind it the armoured cruiser HMS Minotaur, flagship of the escort of the first Australian convoy, at King George's Sound, Western Australia.
