The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
The British light cruiser Weymouth (left) and the Marceau (centre), a French submarine tender (support vessel carrying food, torpedos, workshops and so on), seen from the destroyer HMAS Torrens. Ont he right is an unidentified pre 1900 light cruiser; note the gun ports, representing an intermediate stage between sailing ships and armour plated steam powered ships. The Weymouth was torpedoed during the capture of the port of Durazzo from the Austrians by British and Italian ships on 2 October 1918. The six ships of the Australian destroyer flotilla took part in patrols of the Adriatic Sea between October 1917 and October 1918 from the base at Brindisi.
The Australian destroyers return to their base at Brindisi, Italy after patrol duty. All six ships of the Australian destroyer flotilla (HMAS Huon, Parramatta, Swan, Torrens, Warrego and Yarra) patro
Group portrait of four unidentified crew members wearing winter dress aboard the river class destroyer HMAS Torrens. Along with the other five ships of the Australian destroyer flotilla, HMAS Torrens
Unidentified seamen aboard the destroyer HMAS Torrens. After carrying out patrol duties in the Adriatic Sea between October 1917 and October 1918, the Torrens and the other five ships of the Australi
A boat crew from the destroyer HMAS Swan recovers a practice torpedo after torpedo drill off the Italian port of Brindisi. The smoke is from a Holmes Light, placed in the nose of the torpedo to facil
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
Group portrait of nine unidentified crew members aboard the destroyer HMAS Torrens. Between October 1917 and October 1918 the Torrens was engaged in patrols of the Adriatic Sea. This is probably take
