National significance. Presented as souvenir by Commodore Mr Andrew M. Cannon AM, of the Australian Yacht Squadron. Date of presentation unknown but commemorates America's Cup victory of Australia II in 1982. Commodore Dacre Smyth, who designed and presented the Naval windows in the MTSV chapel , was also a member of the Squadron. The burgee was designed by Nigel Abbott, twice world sailing champion and graphic designer. The burgee design features the Commonwealth Star in the corner, the A for Australia and the nautical colours of Royal blue – as per the Oxford Concise Dictionary – red and white.A link and souvenir with a significant event in the life of yachtsmen and for the City of Perth and Australia in 1982. The first time in many years that the USA lost this coveted cup and contest.Mounted triangular pennant style Australian Yacht Squadron flag also known in yachting circles as a burgee. Red, white and blue colours with white star in the middle and Red 'A' on top left. Gilded wooden frame with glazing with three window label inserts. Mount includes at lower right a souvenir green rectangular piece of the Australia II Spinnaker used to win the America's Cup in 1982. Sticker on back of frame has framers details.'Commodore Andrew M. Cannon' 'From the Commodore of the Australian Yacht Squadron, Andrew Cannon, To the Mission to Seafarers' 'Piece of Australia II Spinnaker Used to win the America's Cup' australian yacht squadron, andrew m. cannon, commodore, 1982, america's cup, burgee, australia ii, commodore dacre smyth (1923-2008), pennant

THE WHEEL OF HMAS SYDNEY COMMEMORATING AUSTRALIA’S FIRST NAVAL ENGAGEMENT The historic wheel of HMAS Sydney commemorates the Royal Australian Navy’s first ship- to- ship naval engagement. It was purchased early in 1930 and later presented to the Royal St Kilda Yacht Club (now Royal Melbourne Yacht Squadron) by then Commodore Joe White, following HMAS Sydney being broken up at Cockatoo Dock, Sydney. On 1 November 1914, led by the flagship SS Orvieto, a large convoy of 28 Australian and 10 New Zealand transports escorted by the Light Cruisers HMAS Melbourne, HMAS Sydney, HMS Minotaur and the Japanese ship Ibuki, departed King George Sound, Albany Western Australia with a large contingent of Australian and New Zealand troops bound for Egypt, to become the original Anzac’s. As the convoy steamed northwest across the Indian Ocean, leaving Cocos-Keeling Islands well to the westward, Captain Karl von Muller in the German Light Cruiser Emden of 3,600 tons, after having wrought much havoc to allied shipping in the Indian Ocean, ignorant of the convoys presence, had in mind to destroy the Cocos Island Cable Station on Direction Island. In the early hours of the morning of Monday the 9 November, he anchored “Emden” off Direction Island to send a landing party ashore, In the meantime the Cable Station had sent out a Morse Code message ‘Strange ship approaching’, this was followed soon after by a ‘S.O.S.’ These messages were picked up by ships in the convoy and at 7.00 a.m., Captain J.C. Glossop of the 5,400 ton HMAS Sydney was directed to leave the convoy and proceed at full speed for Cocos Islands. Two hours later Cocos Island was on the horizon. Captain von Muller, with the boarding party ashore to destroy the Cable station, steamed out to intercept the intruder. Captain Glossop decided to close in to 9,500 yards ( 8686.8m) before delivering his first salvo. Emden on the other hand, opened fire at 10,500 yards (9601m), its ten, 4.1 inch (104mm) guns firing 38 pound (17.24 kg ) shells, some of which scored near misses. Emden was hit repeatedly by HMAS Sydney’s eight, 6 inch (152.4mm) guns firing 100 pound (45.36kg ) shells. Within two hours Captain von Muller had decided to run the badly damaged Emden aground on North Keeling Island. Captain Glossop then broke off the engagement to speed off to intercept Emden’s collier, “Buresk”, seen lurking in the distance, soon to overtake her. A boarding party from HMAS Sydney was too late to prevent Buresk from being scuttled but able to rescue her crew. Returning to finish off Emden, HMAS Sydney was again met by heavy gunfire. Sydney scored a number of direct hits to Emden and only after having suffered 134 killed and 65 wounded, did Captain von Muller finally decide to lower his Naval Ensign. He was among those captured and was allowed to retain his Naval sword. In the engagements HMAS Sydney only suffered four direct hits, 4 killed and 12 wounded. J.H.(Bert) Ferris Extremely significant as part of Australia's Naval and Military history.Ships wheel, timber, mounted on a timber plinth, wheel of ship first HMAS Sydney.Plaque notifying that wheel donated by Commodore Joe White 1930ww1, sydney, german, hmas, raider, emden, cocos keeling, islands, hmas sydney, wheel

“RANEE BELL” This bell originally adorned the cabin of the 12.6m yacht “Ranee”, built for a Doctor Craig of Sydney by the famous Logan Bros of Auckland New Zealand, she was launched as Heather in 1900. A subsequent owner renamed her “Ranee”. Her name reverted to “Heather” prior to being purchased, September 1919, by club members Joe White and David Cargill. Joe White purchased her outright in season 1920-21. He then presented the bell to the club to summon members attention to announcements in the club bar where it remains today and is used for the same purpose. It was also rung to draw attention to impending bar closing times, when it was rung 5 mins before closing, then at closing. Ironically Joe White, when applying for a Admiralty Warrant for Heather in 1924, found out she had previously been registered under the name of Ranee, and the only way to carry on that Warrant, was for him to change her name back to Ranee mid-way during the season. J.H. (Bert) Ferris 1/03/09Very significant - Squadron history - Yachting history AustraliaShips bell, brass, mounted on brass bracket,Ranee 1903brass, white, bell, ranee, heather, joe white, david cargill

This is a set of 19 photographs of soldiers from the Army Survey Regiment’s Lithographic Squadron in participating in Ex Eneseay, an adventurous training sailing activity at an unknown location off Australia’s coast in March 1988. It is believed ‘Eneseay’ was the name of the yacht. Refer to Item 9148.24P for more photographs taken during this adventurous training activity.This is a set of 19 photographs of soldiers from the Army Survey Regiment’s Lithographic Squadron in participating in an adventurous training sailing activity in at an unknown location off Australia’s coast in March 1988. The black and white photographs are on 35mm negative film and scanned at 2400 dpi. They are part of the Army Survey Regiment’s Collection. .1) - Photo, black & white, 1988. L to R: Lance Strudwick, Damien Cole, Rob Bogumil, Craig Ferguson, Frank Lenane, unidentified civilian, Colin Campbell. .2) - Photo, black & white, 1988. L to R: unidentified civilian, Lance Strudwick, Rob Bogumil, Damien Cole. .3) - Photo, black & white, 1988. L to R: Frank Lenane, Colin Campbell, Peter Barrett, unidentified civilian, Stuart Ridge, Lance Strudwick, Craig Ferguson. .4) & .5) - Photo, black & white, 1988. L to R: Frank Lenane, Colin Campbell, Damien Cole, Peter Barrett, unidentified civilian, Lance Strudwick, Stuart Ridge. .6) - Photo, black & white, 1988. L to R: Lance Strudwick, Stuart Ridge, Damien Cole. .7) - Photo, black & white, 1988. L to R: Lance Strudwick, Stuart Ridge, Rob Bogumil, Damien Cole. .8)- Photo, black & white, 1988. Frank Lenane. .9) - Photo, black & white, 1988. L to R: Lance Strudwick, Damien Cole, Stuart Ridge, Colin Yeats, Rob Bogumil, Craig Ferguson. .10) - Photo, black & white, 1988. L to R: Stuart Ridge, Colin Campbell, Rob Bogumil, Craig Ferguson. .11) - Photo, black & white, 1988. L to R: Damien Cole, Craig Ferguson, Rob Bogumil, Lance Strudwick, Colin Campbell. .12) - Photo, black & white, 1988. L to R: Lance Strudwick, Stuart Ridge, Colin Campbell. .13) - Photo, black & white, 1988. Stuart Ridge. .14) - Photo, black & white, 1988. unidentified civilian. .15) - Photo, black & white, 1988. L to R: Damien Cole, Rob Bogumil, unidentified civilian. .16) - Photo, black & white, 1988. Rob Bogumil. .17) - Photo, black & white, 1988. unidentified civilian. .18) - Photo, black & white, 1988. L to R: Craig Ferguson, Rob Bogumil, unidentified civilian. .19) - Photo, black & white, 1988. Yachts moored at an unknown location.There are no personnel identified. ‘Litho Sqn Adventure Trg Eneseay Mar 1988’ annotated on negative sleeve.royal australian survey corps, rasvy, army survey regiment, army svy regt, fortuna, litho, litho sqn

Researched, written and designed by PMHPS members.The cover of the 2024 "Historic Port Melbourne - Dignitaries and Dreadnoughts" produced by members of the Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society focuses on visits to Port Melbourne by naval shipping and dignitaries including Royal ambassadors. hmas franklin, armed services - navy, shenandoah, koln, idzumo, yakumo, sawagiri, hamayuki, hms hood, hms delphi, duke of york, duchess of york, royal yacht ophir, hms renown, hmas australia, uss seattle, uss nevada, uss oklahoma, great white fleet, hmas canberra, hmas sydney, hmas yarra, piers and wharves - princes pier, piers and wharves - station pier, duke of gloucester, hms sussex, prince alfred, hmcss victoria, hmas lonsdale, hmas perth, anzac squadron, hms king george v

This is a set of 24 photographs of soldiers from the Army Survey Regiment’s Lithographic Squadron in participating in Ex Eneseay, an adventurous training sailing activity at an unknown location off Australia’s coast in March 1988. It is believed ‘Eneseay’ was the name of the yacht. Refer to Item 9099.19P for more photographs taken during this adventurous training activity.This is a set of 24 photographs of soldiers from the Army Survey Regiment’s Lithographic Squadron in participating in an adventurous training sailing activity in at an unknown location off Australia’s coast in March 1988. The black and white photographs are on 35mm negative film and scanned at 2400 dpi. They are part of the Army Survey Regiment’s Collection. .1) - Photo, black & white, 1988. Voyage preparation L to R: Craig Ferguson, Frank Lenane, Damien Cole, Stuart Ridge. .2) - Photo, black & white, 1988. Voyage preparation. .3) - Photo, black & white, 1988. Voyage preparation L to R: Craig Ferguson, Frank Lenane. .4) - Photo, black & white, 1988. Voyage preparation L to R: Craig Ferguson, Frank Lenane, Stuart Ridge. .5) - Photo, black & white, 1988. Voyage preparation L to R: Craig Ferguson, Frank Lenane. .6) - Photo, black & white, 1988. Voyage preparation L to R: Unidentified, unidentified scuba diver. .7) - Photo, black & white, 1988. Voyage preparation L to R: Craig Ferguson, Frank Lenane. .8) - Photo, black & white, 1988. L to R: Unidentified civilian, Rob Bogumil. .9) - Photo, black & white, 1988. L to R: Stuart Ridge, unidentified civilian, Lance Strudwick. .10) - Photo, black & white, 1988. L to R: Damien Cole, Stuart Ridge, unidentified civilian, Lance Strudwick. .11) - Photo, black & white, 1988. L to R: Damien Cole, Frank Lenane. .12) - Photo, black & white, 1988. Rob Bogumil. .13) - Photo, black & white, 1988. L to R: Colin Campbell, unidentified (x2), Craig Ferguson. .14) - Photo, black & white, 1988. L to R: Colin Campbell, unidentified, Craig Ferguson, Damien Cole. .15) - Photo, black & white, 1988. Frank Lenane. .16) - Photo, black & white, 1988. Unidentified civilian. .17) & .18) - Photo, black & white, 1988. Rob Bogumil. .19) - Photo, black & white, 1988. Craig Ferguson. .20) - Photo, black & white, 1988. Stuart Ridge, Peter Barrett. .21) - Photo, black & white, 1988. Lance Strudwick. .22) - Photo, black & white, 1988. L to R: Rob Bogumil, Damien Cole, unidentified civilian, Colin Campbell. .23) - Photo, black & white, 1988. L to R: Damien Cole, Craig Ferguson, unidentified civilian, Colin Campbell, Frank Lenane. .24) - Photo, black & white, 1988. L to R: Damien Cole, Craig Ferguson, unidentified civilian, Frank Lenane, Colin Campbell. There are no personnel identified. ‘Litho Sqn Adventure Trg Eneseay Mar 1988’ annotated on negative sleeve.royal australian survey corps, rasvy, army survey regiment, army svy regt, fortuna, litho, litho sqn

Following standard British and colonial naval traditions adopted by early Australian yachting communities, official club members wore distinct dark navy blue reefer jackets or blazers, with buttons displaying the club's monogram, during formal functions, dinners, and off-water events. The St Kilda Yacht Club arose from the formation of the St Kilda Sailing Club in 1876. The club was renamed the St Kilda Yacht Club in 1884. In April 1924, King George V bestowed the title 'Royal'. In 1961 Queen Elizabeth II approved the change of name from Royal St Kilda Yacht Club to Royal Melbourne Yacht Squadron.Raised round brass button featuring club insignia, with hook attachment.SKYCroyal melbourne yacht squadron, st kilda yacht club