The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Hoisting a torpedo on board HMAS Torrens, at sea. The Torrens spent most of 1918 patrolling the Adriatic Sea; sailed eastward to investigate a possible threat from ships of the Russian Black Sea fleet that were in German hands; and returned to England in January 1919.
An unidentified seaman on board HMAS Torrens, bent over a tub, has a wash on deck. The Torrens spent most of 1918 patrolling the Adriatic Sea; sailed eastward to investigate a possible threat from sh
Informal group portrait of four unidentified stokers aboard the destroyer HMAS Torrens. The Torrens spent most of 1918 patrolling the Adriatic Sea; sailed eastward to investigate a possible threat fr
The light cruiser HMS Liverpool (far right, background) and the destroyer HMAS Yarra (left) at the Black Sea port. In October 1918 the six Australian destroyers finished patrolling the Adriatic Sea a
HMS Blenheim of the 5th British Destroyer Flotilla in rough seas, seen from the accompanying destroyer HMAS Torrens. After patrolling the Adriatic from a base in Brindisi, Italy, most ships of the fl
A British destroyer seen from HMAS Torrens, which, together with HMS Liverpool and HMAS Yarra, was visiting the ports of Batum and Novorossiysk on the Black Sea. Formerly a Russian port, Batum was ca
The destroyer HMAS Torrens alongside an oil wharf. The objects piled up centre left are probably oil barrels. Formerly a Russian port, Batum was captured by the Turks during the First World War. Upo
