The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
HMS Blenheim, the depot ship for the 5th Destroyer Flotilla, at the port on the Greek island of Lemnos. Officers from the Blenheim supervised all gunnery and torpedo practice on board all ships of the flotilla; the ship also provided supplies and additional men when needed. The six Australian destroyers, which had been patrolling the Adriatic Sea since October 1917, became part of the 5th British Destroyer Flotilla in April 1918, when strengthened Allied naval forces began a new offensive against the Austrians.
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
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
HMS Blenheim, parent ship to Australian destroyers in the Adriatic Sea.
The destroyer HMAS Huon enters the boom defence system in the harbour of the Greek island capital. A boom defence system, consisting of buoys and submerged nets, and operated by boom defence vessels,
HMS Blenheim, parent ship to submarines and destroyers in the Adriatic Sea, at anchor at Ishmead Dardanelles while en route from Brindisi to Mudros.
HMAS Warrego as seen from an observation balloon moored to one of the other Australian destroyers. The six ships of the Australian destroyer flotilla were patrolling the Adriatic, primarily in search
