The Australian Government will provide the Submarine Institute of Australia (SIA) with $368,500 in funding for a project aimed to protect, preserve and tell the story of the Australian Submarine HMAS ...
Most Australians know about the Anzac campaign on the beaches of Gallipoli in 1915. But what is sunk beneath the surface of our memories is the historic role played by a submarine, HMAS AE2. For five ...
A commemorative service has been held on board HMAS Anzac in Turkey to honour Australia's first wartime submarine AE2, damaged and then scuttled in the Sea of Marmara during the Gallipoli campaign.
AE2 and AE1 Submarines at Garden Island, 1914 (AWM) Photo: Royal Australian Navy Collection Researchers prepare to inspect interior of WW1 submarine, the AE2. One of the last untouched 'time capsules' ...
A rare plaque commemorating the HMAS AE2 submarine and its link to Albany and the Anzacs was unveiled at the Pier of Remembrance in Albany on Sunday. It is just one of five plaques honouring the ...
The story begins on the morning of April 25, 1915, the day the Anzacs landed at Gallipoli. On that day a debonair, pipe-smoking Irishman, Lieutenant-Commander Dacre Stoker, cap­tained the Australian ...
Scott Morrison has announced a deal with the US for nuclear submarines. Here’s a timeline of Australia’s vessels since 1914 28 February 1914: Australia’s first submarine, HMAS AE1, is commissioned in ...
For almost two hours, it remained undetected by the sweep of searchlights, but then, just as the first troops were coming ashore at Anzac Cove, a shot rang out. The AE2 had been spotted. The sub dived ...