John Rice Posted 7 December , 2007 Share Posted 7 December , 2007 Could someone please advise me when did the various state navies join to-gether to become the Australian Navy ?? John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ionia Posted 7 December , 2007 Share Posted 7 December , 2007 The Commonwealth took over the various naval forces of the Australian colonies at Federation and they were known as the Commonwealth Naval Forces. They became the RAN in 1911. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esskay Posted 7 December , 2007 Share Posted 7 December , 2007 Hi John - There's a very interesting Wiki article here - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_th...Australian_Navy Suggests the Commonwealth Naval Forces was formed on 1 March 1901 by amalgamating the six separate colonial navies and on 10 July 1911 King George V fixed his signature to the approval for the Royal Australian Navy and the ships now officially received the prefix "His Majesty's Australian Ship" (HMAS). It's a good read with a long list of sources - but as always with Wiki - hopefully it is accurate!! Best Wishes Sue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gilgamesh of Uruk Posted 7 December , 2007 Share Posted 7 December , 2007 From memory, there's a good bit on this if you can find the Cerberus site - where you can enlist in the Victorian Navy to aid in her preservation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Rice Posted 7 December , 2007 Author Share Posted 7 December , 2007 Ionia - Esskay - Gilgamesh Thank you all for your replies to my Question. You have all been a big help. Also thank you Sue for the site you gave me and it will keep me busy for a while John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
springvale Posted 8 December , 2007 Share Posted 8 December , 2007 From memory, there's a good bit on this if you can find the Cerberus site - where you can enlist in the Victorian Navy to aid in her preservation. here tis! http://users.netconnect.com.au/~ianmac/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gilgamesh of Uruk Posted 8 December , 2007 Share Posted 8 December , 2007 Timeline on Cerberus covers this - see http://www.cerberus.com.au/timeline.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
springvale Posted 9 December , 2007 Share Posted 9 December , 2007 Oh!! You meant THAT Cerberus! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rogersjr Posted 20 March , 2009 Share Posted 20 March , 2009 here tis! http://users.netconnect.com.au/~ianmac/ The old colonial navies amalgamated on March 1 1901. From then on the ships names were prefixed with HMAS but the Royal was added to the Australian Navy until 1911. John Rogers Fleet Engineer (Victorian Navy) website, research & Friends of the Cerberus President. www.cerberus.com.au Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
per ardua per mare per terram Posted 23 March , 2009 Share Posted 23 March , 2009 Welcome to the forum and thanks John, that clears up a few queries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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