The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
At Sea. November 1914." The Japanese battleship Ibuki, which formed one of our escort. This photograph was taken in the early morning. She was generally out on our starboard beam. The fleet can be seen far behind to the right." C E W Bean
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,
Colombo Harbour. c. 15 November 1914. "Warships and New Zealand transports inside, we (HMT Orvieto) anchored outside. The transport Euripides, A14, the largest in our fleet, 15,000 tons, on our starbo
At Sea. 9 November 1914." At 5.30 a.m. I woke and at 6 we altered course to turn to the Cocos Islands, fifty miles to our west. At 6 a.m. a message was received from Cocos reporting a strange warship.
At Sea. 9 November 1914. "The Japanese battleship Ibuki crossing over at full speed to put herself between us (HMT Orvieto) and the German raider SMS Emden, about 11 a.m." C E W Bean
At Sea. 9 November 1914. The Japanese battleship Ibuki, and HMAS Melbourne getting back to their stations after HMAS Sydney had signalled in the early afternoon, "Emden beached and done for".
At Sea. November 1914. "The armoured Cruiser HMS Hampshire. Her principle in escorting us (HMT Orvieto) was quite different from that of the Minotaur. The Minotaur kept the escort far away from us, th
