The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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 facilitate recovery. The six ships of the Australian destroyer flotilla were engaged in patrol duty in the Adriatic Sea between October 1917 and October 1918.
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
Four crew members from HMAS Torrens set off in a rowboat to recover a practice torpedo during a gunnery exercise. The ship was engaged in patrol duty in the Adriatic Sea, along with the other five sh
Torpedomen 5778 George Fredrick Bloy, born in Ararat, Victoria (on tube) and 3455 Francis Russell Lahay, born in Lambton, NSW, stand by to fire a torpedo during torpedo practice on the destroyer HMAS
Group portrait of unidentified seamen aboard HMAS Parramatta. Along with the other five ships of the Australian destroyer flotilla, HMAS Parramatta was engaged in patrols of the Adriatic Sea between
A seaplane or flying boat alights to deliver a message to an Australian destroyer on patrol duty. (See EN0264, EN0246.) The six ships of the Australian destroyer flotilla (HMAS Yarra, Parramatta, Tor
A ship's boat from an Australian destroyer on patrol duty moves towards a seaplane or flying boat, which has just landed to deliver a message for the ship. The six ships of the Australian destroyer f
