The new Royal Australian Navy ‘fleet unit’ moored in Sydney Harbour, 4 October 1913
On Saturday 4 October 1913 a fleet of seven brand-new grey-painted warships steamed out of the sea mist and through the Heads into Sydney Harbour.
The Royal Australian Navy’s new ‘fleet unit’ — a battlecruiser, three cruisers and three destroyers — had arrived. The ships were a sign both of the new Australian Commonwealth’s maturity as a nation as well as Australia’s uncertainty as a ‘white’ dominion in Australasia.
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Sea Power Centre, Australia
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