The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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. Upon the surrender of Turkey, the port was evacuated, and was immediately occupied by the British. In October 1918 the six Australian destroyers finished patrolling the Adriatic Sea and went east with other Allied ships in response to a possible threat from Russian ships that had been given to the Germans. After patrols off the Turkish coast, HMAS Torrens and HMAS Yarra were sent to visit Batum and Novorossiysk on the Black Sea.
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 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
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 flee
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
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
The destroyer HMAS Yarra alongside the oil wharf at a port on the Black Sea. In October 1918 the Yarra was released from patrol duty in the Adriatic and despatched to the Black Sea with other Allied
