The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
A Dutch schooner salvaged by HMAS Melbourne near Barbados. For a 16 month period between 1915 and 1916, HMAS Melbourne was engaged in alternate patrols, one around the Caribbean and the other off Long Island. The objective was to prevent the escape of German merchant ships that were sheltering in various ports.
Crew members from HMAS Sydney take time off to relax at the water's edge; a few are swimming. The ship was patrolling the Caribbean to prevent the escape of merchant ships that were sheltering in en
A boat pulls off from HMAS Melbourne to search an alleged American schooner off New York. Along with HMAS Sydney, HMAS Melbourne was taking part in a series of patrols off Long Island and New York ha
HMAS Melbourne towing targets during gunnery practice near Jamaica. The light cruiser was taking part in alternate patrols of the North Atlantic off Long Island and the Caribbean.
The crew of HMAS Melbourne practise the safety drill 'Abandon ship' near Barbados. All the sailors who were in the water (see EN0447) appear to have been rescued; there are two crowded rubber life ra
The crew of HMAS Melbourne practise the safety drill 'Abandon ship' near Barbados. Numerous seamen are in the water; in the centre is a rubber life raft carrying at least 12 men. There are two light
Members of the crew of HMAS Melbourne enjoying a swim. With HMAS Sydney, the Melbourne carried out alternate patrols of the Caribbean (based in Jamaica) and the Norath Atlantic off Long Island (based
