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Frankston RSL Sub Branch
Model, HMAS AE2
A detailed model of the Royal Australian Navy submarine HMAS AE2 mounted on a flat wooden base. This model is of her rigged for surface running with radio mast raised. Submarines AE1 and AE2 were the first submarines to join the new RAN fleet in 1914. Constructed in England by Vickers Ltd., the AE2 was launched in June 1913, commissioned at Portsmouth on 28 February 1914 and arrived in Sydney on 24 May, 83 days after leaving Portsmouth. A total of sixty days had been spent at sea and some 13,000 miles covered; a record for submarines at that time. Her first voyage was under the command of Lieutenant Commander Stoker, RN. Her crew of 35 comprised officers and ratings from both the RN and RAN. The AE2 was lost in action in the Sea of Marmora, Turkey on the 30th April, 1915, whilst serving in the Dardanelles and Gallipoli campaign. Visit the following website for further details < https://www.navy.gov.au/hmas-ae2 > -
Dandenong/Cranbourne RSL Sub Branch
Ceremonial object - Patch, cloth, embroided
Maralinga & Monte Bello Association embroidered patch. Background is largely green. Depicted are a Union Jack, the Australian flag, a tank, a submarine and a aeroplane. In the centre is a mushroom cloud created by an atomic bomb."MARALINGA & MONTE BELLO ASSOCIATION" -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph - Fish Sounder, Bennett, Vera, 1992
A second colour photo show three men loading the sounder into the back of a van for relocation to LERHS . The Sounder was donated to the Society by Michelson's in 1962Colour photograph of the Anti Submarine Detection Investigation Committee Sounder, which Kevin and Frank Mitchelson installed in fishing boat Massbanker in 1968, to locate shoals of fish. Lakes Entrance Victoriaboats and boating, fishing industry -
Waverley RSL Sub Branch
Plaque H.M.A.S. Otama, H.M.A.S. Otama
HMAS Otama (SS 72/SSG 72) was an Oberon class submarine of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). Built in Scotland, the submarine was commissioned into the RAN in 1978; the last of the class to enter service. Otama remained in service until late 2000, when she was decommissioned and sold to a Victorian community group, who planned to preserve the submarine as a museum ship.Wooden Plaque 15cm x 13cm with insignia of H.M.A.S. Otama H.M.A.S. Otama -
Waverley RSL Sub Branch
Plaque H.M.A.S. Orian, H.M.A.S. Orian
HMAS Orion (S 71) was an Oberon class submarine of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). One of six submarines ordered by the RAN during the 1960s, Orion, named after the constellation in a break from ship-naming tradition, was built in Scotland and commissioned in 1977. Orion was decommissioned in 1996, marked for disposal in 2003, and broken up for scrap in 2006. Several sections of the submarine remain intact as memorials and museum piecesWooden Plaque 15cm x 13cm with insignia of H.M.A.S. Orian H.M.A.S. Orian -
Queenscliffe Maritime Museum
Instrument - Telescope, Gun Sighting
Gun Sighting Telescope purported to be from J5 submarineGun Sighting TelescopeG.S.Telescope x 8 - 2179gun sighting telescope, g.s.telescope, j5 -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Equipment - Equipment - Divers air pump, 1900-1930
Port of Portland CollectionFront: C. E. Heinke/ Submarine Engineer 103 GI Portland St London (brass plate on side of pump)port of portland archives -
Bendigo Military Museum
Work on paper - NOTEBOOK, c.1941 - 1945
Items in the collection of R C ALLARDICE No 418577 RAAF. Refer Reg No 3627.5 for his service details & collection.Small note book, no covers, metal binding at top. 25 pages with the majority written in ink, & remainder in pencil. The notes are on many facets of aircraft, procedures, signaling, submarine detection, engines, pyrotechnics, to name a few.Handwritten in ink at top of front page: SUNDERLANDtraining, raaf, world war 2 -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - R.G.FORD'S SUBMARINE ROCK DRILL AND COMPRESSOR, c. 1879
Sepia tone coloured photograph, R.G.Ford's Submarine Rock Drill and Compressor Made for Melbourne Harbour Trust (c.1879), Markings on rear of photo read 'Central Deborah Collection Copied 18 December 2001'photograph, harbor, r.g.fords, submarine rock drill & compressor -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Painting, Portland Submarine Shoe, c. 1999
Exhibition in the Arts Company in 1999?Painting of a fanciful show with chunky high heel, resting on a rocky sea bed, Shoe is fitted with portholes, and periscope like a submarine. The sea is full of stylised red fish, and more fish can be seen in the show itself.Front: (no inscriptions) Back: (no inscriptions) -
Bendigo Military Museum
Memorabilia - CENTENARY of EAGLEHAWK ANZACS, FRAMED, Eaglehawk Heritage Society, John James Bray, 2014
John James Bray, Stoker, Submarine AE1, lost September 14, 1914.Memorabilia - framed story of a stoker in colour using memorabilia of the stoker and his life. Printed on paper. Frame - black extruded plastic, glass front, cardboard backing.JOHN JAMES BRAY framed item, anzacs, eaglehawk -
Bendigo Military Museum
Photograph - PHOTOGRAPHS, BCOF, 1946 - 47, 1959
Items in the collection re Clarence Shearing, refer Cat No 7089.16P for his service details.Photographs B & W various sizes of different subjects some with text on rear. Subjects include, troopship, bombing damage, power station, Japanese monument "Tori Gate" destroyed submarine. One has no relevance to the BCOF service."25.4.46 Westralia (Troopship)", "RMS Himalaya passing under Sydney Harbour 1959"photographs, bcof, japan -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Photograph, Gibbons, Denis, RAN Wessex 1
A black and white photograph of Australian Navy Sea King Wessex helicopters prepare to take off the flight deck of the "Vung Tau Ferry" HMAS Sydney to carry out anti-submarine sweeps around the Sydney and her destroyer escort.photograph, hmas sydney, vung tau ferry, wessex (helicopter), gibbons collection catalogue -
Ringwood RSL Sub-Branch
Ward Room Plaque - Derwent, C 1984
The HMAS Derwent is listed in 1964 as a Anti - Submarine Frigate. Then in 1975 she appears as a Destroyer Escort.Ward room plaque t HMAS Derwent. -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Equipment - Asdic Echo Sounder
First fish finder used in Australia. This technology was developed by the British during WW2 to detect submarinesHistoricalFirst fish finder in Australia - installed on boat 'Maasbanker' in 1968. Simrad SK3 Asdic Soundermaritime technology, fisheries -
Queenscliffe Maritime Museum
Photograph, Photographer unknown, 1893
The 'Rescue' was one of the first metal hulled tugboats. The 'Ballarat' became a troop carrier & was sunk by a submarine's torpedoe.RealismBlack & white photograph of the tug "Rescue" moving the bow of "SS Ballarat" at Melbourne's Railway Pier 1893'Rescue' and 'SS Ballarat'steel tugboat, ss ballarat, railway pier melbourne -
Queenscliffe Maritime Museum
Photograph, Photographer unknown, 1893
The 'Rescue' was one of the first metal hulled tugboats. The 'Ballarat' became a troop carrier & was sunk by a submarine's torpedoe.RealismBlack & white photograph of the tug "Rescue" moving the bow of "SS Ballarat" at Melbourne's Railway Pier 1893'Rescue' and 'SS Ballarat'steel tugboat, ss ballarat, railway pier melbourne -
Bendigo Military Museum
Postcard - PICTURE POSTCARD, Royal Australian Navy, 30.7.1942
See also Cat No’s 4452, 4453 & 3146Cardboard postcard, one side has a black & white photo of the interior of a japanese miniature submarine. The reverse side has image of a RAN badge & oak leaves. Dated 30 July 1942. Wording in the middle certifies the bearer as sat at these controls.postcards, japanese -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Machine - Diving Compressor, Siebe Gorman & Co. Ltd, 1880-1890
This compressor was part of the E.G. Ward Collection. It is connected to the diving suit and boots also in our collection. Siebe Gorman & Company Ltd was a British company that developed diving equipment and breathing equipment and worked on commercial diving and marine salvage projects. The company advertised itself as 'Submarine Engineers'. It was founded by Augustus Siebe, a German-born British engineer chiefly known for his contributions to diving equipment. Siebe Gorman traded as an engineering firm for over 180 years from 1819 to 1999. The early success of the business was due to its founder, the Prussian immigrant Christian 'Augustus' Siebe (1788-1872). For business reasons, he applied for and was granted British citizenship in 1856. He was a gifted engineer who was able to translate theoretical problems into practical, working products. During the industrial Victorian period, the business traded as 'A. Siebe' at 145 High Street Holborn London, but in 1828 new premises were acquired at 5 Denmark Street, Soho. The family firm produced a wide range of manufactured goods including paper-making machinery, measuring machinery, water-pumps, refrigeration equipment and diving apparatus. Augustus Siebe specialised in submarine engineering early on and the company gained a reputation for the manufacture of safe, reliable diving apparatus. Augustus Siebe is best remembered for the development and manufacture of the ‘closed’ Diving Dress based on the ideas of Charles and John Deane, George Edwards and Charles Pasley. Apart from some small modifications to valves and diver communications, the basic 12 bolt ‘closed’ diving dress remained relatively unchanged after the 1870s. Later company successes were also based on innovation, with new products that could be successfully developed and manufactured to high standards. This was largely attributed to the inventive nature, foresight, engineering and entrepreneurial skills of Robert Henry Davis (1870-1965). In 1882, RH Davis joined the company of 'Siebe & Gorman' as a young 11-year-old office boy and he was to remain with the company until he died in 1965. Augustus Siebe retired in 1869 and handed over the company to a new partnership of Henry H. Siebe (1830-1885) and William A. O'Gorman (1834-1904). The new firm traded as 'Siebe & Gorman' (1870-1879) from premises in and around Mason Street, Westminster Bridge Road, Lambeth, London. The two partners soon recognised the potential of R.H. Davis and in 1894, aged 24, he became General Manager of Siebe & Gorman. Davis increasingly ran the company until the surviving partner (W.A. Gorman) died in 1904. The firm was disposed of to the Vickers (armaments) family and a new company 'Siebe Gorman & Co. Ltd.' (1905-1998) was formed. Under the chairmanship of Albert Vickers, R.H. Davis was kept on as Managing Director, and the company forged ahead. However, after WW1, the Great Depression caused manufacturing output and share prices to slump. In 1924 Robert Davis made a deal with the Vickers Board and acquired control of the company through majority shares. Under his leadership, the Siebe Gorman Company flourished and within time, four of his sons also joined the firm. The company gained a worldwide reputation for the manufacture of diving apparatus, decompression and observation chambers, and safety breathing apparatus of all types for use on the land, in the air and under the sea (including mine rescue, tunneling, aircraft, diving, submarine escape and in other hazardous environments). Close research and development links with the MOD (especially the Admiralty), also provided a lucrative outlet for the company products. In 1932, Robert Davis was knighted by King George V, principally for his invention of the ‘Davis Submerged Escape Apparatus’ (D.S.E.A.). Siebe Gorman essentially remained a family firm from the beginning (under A Siebe) until it became a public company for the first time in 1952. However, following WW2, British manufacturing stagnated through stifled investment and post-war austerity, and there was little innovation. Siebe Gorman fortunes began to decline as an ageing Sir Robert Davis failed to invest, or change the company business and management practices. In 1959, Siebe Gorman was acquired by the “Fairy Group” and the ailing Sir Robert was made Life President. Consequently, nothing changed and the slow decline continued until Sir Robert's death in March 1965. Around 1960, Siebe Gorman acquired the diving apparatus manufacturer C E Heinke, and for a brief period, it manufactured some diving equipment under the combined name of Siebe Heinke. Around 1964, Mr. E. 'Barry' Stephens was appointed as the new Managing Director to modernise Siebe Gorman. Changes were made, including a move to a new factory in Wales in 1975. The new company concentrated on fire fighting breathing apparatus and escape equipment, and the move coincided with the loss of many of the older, traditional craft skills. Between 1985 and 1998, Siebe expanded through acquisitions, and several other companies were acquired. The Siebe Gorman (diving apparatus) company has therefore traded as A. Siebe (1819-1870); Siebe & Gorman (1870-1879); Siebe Gorman & Co (1880-1904); Siebe Gorman & Co. Ltd (1905-1998).The compressor is a very significant item as it gives a snapshot into marine history and the development of diving equipment generally especially that used for salvage operations before and during WW2. Siebe & Gorman the company that made the equipment was a leading inventor, developer and innovator of marine equipment with its early helmets and other items eagerly sought after today for collections around the world. The items in the Flagstaff Hill collection give us an insight as to how divers operated and the dangers they faced doing a very necessary and dangerous job during the early days of marine exploration.A single cylinder divers' pump by Siebe Gorman & Co Ltd, London, eccentric hand cranked in brass mounted mahogany case with instructions to the underside of the lid, brass covered pressure gauge and air outlet, brass makers plaque to the front, water inlet and outlet to the rear, green painted lifting rings. Machinery has some blue painted areas on the metal.Plate on the back 'WATER SUPPLY" "WATER OVERFLOW" "WATER DRAIN-IN" Pressure gauge dial "BOURDON'S PRESSURE GAUGE" STEBE GORMAN & CO. LONDON", "LBS PRESSURE" "FEET OF SALT WATER" Plate on the front " PATENT, Siebe Gorman & Co Ltd Submarine Engineers" below emblem (Lion, Crown, Horse)flagstaff hill, warrnambool, flagstaff-hill, maritime-museum, diving compressor, london, siebe gorman & co ltd, marine technology, life saving, deep sea diving, maritime museum, maritime village, manine history -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book, Norman Ashworth, The ANZAC Squadron, 1994
ISBN 0-8905-198-6275 page softcover book with pale yellow cover and title in a white box. Cover has a painting of a Sunderland flying boat attacking a submarine. At the bottom of the front cover is a red, white and blue RAAF roundel. Includes illustrations, photos, maps and aircraft designs."N Bainingham"books, military history, anzacs -
Bendigo Military Museum
Tool - SHIPS BELL, c.1900
This bell was apparently salvaged from a Freighter by Syd Storrie a Merchany Navy Sailor. The Freighter had been torpedoed by a German Submarine in WW1.Ship's bell, rough cast bronze? Clapper is rough cast steel. There is an old steel mounting bracket at the top, painted green. maritime technology, ship relics, military history - navy, ships fittings, souvenirs -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Document - Script, Robin Boyd, The Flying Dogtor. Episode 46 Deep Secret, 1963
The Flying Dogtor was exploring by submarine, the depths of a lake in the Snowy Mountains area, looking for a giant sea-serpent or lake monster, which seemed to be threatening the Snowy Scheme. He found an old township that had been submerged in the water and he saw signs that the monster was close by. Suddenly, the submarine was knocked up and over from behind. Then it dived down and down into the mud of the bed of the lake, trapping its brave occupant, The Flying Dogtor.The Flying Dogtor" series was broadcast on Australian Television Network (later becoming the Seven Network) between February and April 1964 (see item D254 for schedule).Typewritten, carbon copy, foolscap, 2 pagesHandwritten pencil edits and additions.the flying dogtor, robin boyd, crawford productions, manuscript -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Photograph, RAN Wessex
A black and white photograph two Australian Navy Wessex helicopters return to the flight deck of the "Vung Tau Ferry" HMAS Sydney after completing anti-submarine sweeps around the Sydney and her destroyer escorts. the Syndey was ferrying 9 RAR to Vung Tau to commence was service.photograph, ran, wessex, hmas sydney, vung tau ferry, 9 rar, gibbons collection catalogue -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Photograph, Gibbons, Denis, RAN Wessex 2
Denis Gibbons (1937 – 2011) Trained with the Australian Army, before travelling to Vietnam in January 1966, Denis stayed with the 1st Australian Task Force in Nui Dat working as a photographer. For almost five years Gibbons toured with nine Australian infantry battalions, posting compelling war images from within many combat zones before being flown out in late November 1970 after sustaining injuries. The images held within the National Vietnam Veterans Museum make up the Gibbons Collection. A black and white photograph of two Navy pilots from the Sea King anti-submarine helicopter on board "the Vung Tau Ferry" HMAS Sydney, delivering the 9th Battalion to war service. They prepare to take off on patrol once HMAS Sydney reached the waters off Vietnam.photograph, ran, wessex, hmas sydney, vung tau ferry, 9th battalion, anti-submarine, sea king, navy, denis gibbons, photographer, vietnam war, australian navy pilots, sea king anti-submarine -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Vehicle - Helicopter, Westland Wessex Model 31B, 1964
The Wessex was used between 1964 and 1984 by the Australian Navy in Australia and Oceania. This helicopter, no 31, also use for disaster relief in Darwin after Cyclone Tracy.Manufactured in Britain from a USA design, the Wessex was jet powered (Napier Gazelle), a multi-role helicopter used in air sea rescue, anti-submarine, ambulance, troop and freight carrying. Dependent on the mission profile, the aircraft carried a crew from three to five including two pilots.Includes a full set of Royal Australian Navy insignia and carries the Serial No. N7-221 and Navy Side No. 31.RAN Roundel. Navy Registration N7-221. No31, a/c safety markings. Tiger Head Unit Logo of 816 Sqnhelicopters, military equipment, wedssex, troop carrier, navy -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Photograph, Gibbons, Denis, RAN Wessex 2
Denis Gibbons (1937 – 2011) Trained with the Australian Army, before travelling to Vietnam in January 1966, Denis stayed with the 1st Australian Task Force in Nui Dat working as a photographer. For almost five years Gibbons toured with nine Australian infantry battalions, posting compelling war images from within many combat zones before being flown out in late November 1970 after sustaining injuries. The images held within the National Vietnam Veterans Museum make up the Gibbons Collection.A black and white photograph of the naval ground crew preparing a Sea King helicopter for a Anti-submarine flight around Vung Tau Ferry HMAS Sydney. Sydney had entered Vietnamese waters and went on full alert as it headed for Vung Tau with the 9th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment.photograph, sea king helicopter, hmas sydney, vung tau ferry, 9th battalion, royal australian regiment, gibbons collection catalogue, denis gibbons, photographer, vietnam war, navy ground crew, vung tau -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book, Find AE1 Ltd & Australian National Maritime Museum, "RESEARCH VESSEL PETREL BASELINE SURVEY OF HMAS AE1", 2018
"Research Vessel Petrel - Baseline Survey of HMAS AE1" This book is a report of a comprehensive photographic survey completed on a c.1938 submarine wreck off the coast of PNG.Soft cover book. Cover - cardboard with white print on black and dark blue background on front and spine. Illustrated with colour photographs. Front cover - "RV Petrel control room during the survey". Back cover - "AE1 bow torpedo tube". 179 pages, cut, plain, white paper. Illustrated in black and white and colour photographs, maps and technical drawings.books, ww2, submarine, png, photographic -
Clayton RSL Sub Branch
Photograph, Reinforcements from 7/37 Battalion
HMAT Ballarat was torpedoed by a German submarine in the english channel. All 1720 souls on board survived the torpedo attack. HMAT Ballart departed from Melbourne on 19.2.1917.photo of troops on landReinf 7/37 Batt. A.I.F Torpedoed on HMAT Ballarat on Anzac Day 25th April 1917 These troops when torpedoed upheld the best traditions of the race and their conduct was beyond praise. They were the recipients of the warmest praise from his Majesty the King; General Birdwood K.S.C.I. KCMG. CB. CIE, DSO. and the Commonwealth High Commissioner, The Hon Andrew Fisher. -
The Beechworth Burke Museum
Photograph
Taken during World War I from the forecastle of a navy ship, the photograph depicts an eruption of water and smoke as a result of an underwater submarine being bombed from above.The naval war of World War I was a conflict unlike any previous one with the exception of the brief Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905), with naval warfare in World War I being mainly between the German forces and the Great Britain forces. The naval war of World War I proved largely a disappointment to officials on both sides as it did not produce the decisive fleet actions envisioned in the pre-war years. Nevertheless, the war at sea was a crucial part of World War I overall. The German use of the submarine against commerce not only threatened the Allied war effort, but also drew the United States into the conflict. In addition, the British economic blockade of Germany afforded by the Royal Navy’s command of the sea inflicted great damage on the war effort of Germany. Finally, the naval war held great ramifications for the future since many practices employed in the First World War were those pursued in the Second World War.Black and white rectangular reproduced photograph on matte photographic paperReverse: 6527/ (Crown copyright notice from the Imperial War Museum)/ Naval 23/ 23/ A99/ burke museum, world war 1, world war i, ww1, wwi, submarine, submarine warfare, navy, naval vessels -
Ringwood RSL Sub-Branch
Ward Room Plaque Waikato, C 1950
HMNZS was a Castle Class Anti - Submarine Minesweeper. Launched in October 1943 the ship was built from kauri timber on a steel frame. It was decommissioned in 1946 and later sold to the fishing industry.Ward room plaque to His Majesty"s New Zealand Ship Waikato.