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Yandra
''Yandra'' was a 990-ton coastal cargo ship, steamer built by Burmeister & Wain, Copenhagen in 1928 for Coast Steamships for service in the Australian state of South Australia. She was requisitioned by the Royal Australian Navy in June 1940 during World War II for conversion to a minesweeper and anti-submarine vessel and was commissioned on 22 September 1940 as HMAS ''Yandra''. She returned to civilian service in 1946. She ran aground during dense fog onto Neptune Island, South Neptune Island on 25 January 1959 and was subsequently Write-off, written off. Service in South Australia The ''Yandra'' was built for Coast Steamships, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Adelaide Steamship Company, by Burmeister & Wain, Copenhagen. She arrived in Port Adelaide from London on 23 October 1928 and commenced service in early November 1928. She was specifically designed for serving regional ports on the west coast of Eyre Peninsula – a locality commonly known as the 'west coast' in South Aust ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yandra R001-011
''Yandra'' was a 990-ton coastal cargo ship, steamer built by Burmeister & Wain, Copenhagen in 1928 for Coast Steamships for service in the Australian state of South Australia. She was requisitioned by the Royal Australian Navy in June 1940 during World War II for conversion to a minesweeper and anti-submarine vessel and was commissioned on 22 September 1940 as HMAS ''Yandra''. She returned to civilian service in 1946. She ran aground during dense fog onto Neptune Island, South Neptune Island on 25 January 1959 and was subsequently Write-off, written off. Service in South Australia The ''Yandra'' was built for Coast Steamships, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Adelaide Steamship Company, by Burmeister & Wain, Copenhagen. She arrived in Port Adelaide from London on 23 October 1928 and commenced service in early November 1928. She was specifically designed for serving regional ports on the west coast of Eyre Peninsula – a locality commonly known as the 'west coast' in South Aust ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neptune Island
The Neptune Islands consist of two groups of islands located close to the entrance to Spencer Gulf in South Australia. They are well known as a venue for great white shark tourism. Description The Neptune Islands consists of two groups of islands, the North Neptune Islands and the South Neptune Islands. These both sit on the southern aspect of the Australasian continental shelf separated by a distance of . The North Neptune Islands which are south south-east from the mainland at Cape Catastrophe, consist of a large island of height and a small islet of height located from the main island's north-east point with a combined area of . The South Neptune Islands which are south-south-east from the mainland at Cape Catastrophe are more evenly portioned in height with the northern island being high and the southern island (also known as Lighthouse Island) rising to . The Southern group has an area of . A third feature associated with the overall island group is an outcrop of ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neptune Islands
The Neptune Islands consist of two groups of islands located close to the entrance to Spencer Gulf in South Australia. They are well known as a venue for great white shark tourism. Description The Neptune Islands consists of two groups of islands, the North Neptune Islands and the South Neptune Islands. These both sit on the southern aspect of the Australasian continental shelf separated by a distance of . The North Neptune Islands which are south south-east from the mainland at Cape Catastrophe, consist of a large island of height and a small islet of height located from the main island's north-east point with a combined area of . The South Neptune Islands which are south-south-east from the mainland at Cape Catastrophe are more evenly portioned in height with the northern island being high and the southern island (also known as Lighthouse Island) rising to . The Southern group has an area of . A third feature associated with the overall island group is an outcrop of ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Type 97 Torpedo
The Type 97 was a diameter torpedo used by the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. Intended for use with Japan's ''Kō-hyōteki''-class midget submarines, the torpedo was based on the 24-inch diameter Type 93 "Long Lance" used by Japanese surface vessels, but redesigned to meet the smaller 18-inch physical dimensions of the midgets' two torpedo tubes. Larger Japanese submarines were armed with the 21-inch Type 95 torpedo. It was not a great success. Its first operational use was in the attack on Pearl Harbor The attack on Pearl HarborAlso known as the Battle of Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service upon the United States against the naval base at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii, j ..., after which it was modified as the Type 97 Special, sometimes known as the Type 98. It had a warhead and a range of at . Type 97 Special Four Type 97 Special torpedoes were fired during the Japanese midget submarin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
German Auxiliary Cruiser Kormoran
The German auxiliary cruiser ''Kormoran'' (HSK-8). was a ''Kriegsmarine'' (German navy) merchant raider of World War II. Originally the merchant vessel ''Steiermark'' ("Styria"), the ship was acquired by the navy following the outbreak of war for conversion into a raider. Administered under the designation german: Schiff 41, label=none, lit=Ship 41, to the Allied navies she was known as "Raider G". The largest merchant raider operated by Germany during World War II, ''Kormoran'' ("cormorant") was responsible for the destruction of 10 merchant vessels and the capture of an 11th during her year-long career in the Atlantic and Indian oceans. She is also known for sinking the Australian light cruiser during a mutually destructive battle off Western Australia on 19 November 1941. Damage sustained during the battle prompted the scuttling of ''Kormoran''. While 318 of the 399 aboard the German ship were rescued and placed in prisoner of war camps for the remainder of World War II, ther ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Ships Of The Royal Australian Navy
Since its foundation in 1913, the Royal Australian Navy has operated a large number of vessels, including various types of warships, support and supply warships. Current ships As of March 2022, the strength of the Royal Australian Navy consists of 43 commissioned vessels, plus 3 non-commissioned vessels. Non-commissioned ships Past ships A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y See also * Amphibious warfare ships of Australia References *Royal Australian Navy website Current Ships(ships active in service) Ship Histories (decommissioned ships) {{Royal Australian Navy Lists of ships of Australia, Navy Ships of the Royal Australian Navy, Royal Australian Navy lists, Ships ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal Australian Navy
The Royal Australian Navy (RAN) is the principal naval force of the Australian Defence Force (ADF). The professional head of the RAN is Chief of Navy (CN) Vice Admiral Mark Hammond AM, RAN. CN is also jointly responsible to the Minister of Defence (MINDEF) and the Chief of Defence Force (CDF). The Department of Defence as part of the Australian Public Service administers the ADF. Formed in 1901, as the Commonwealth Naval Forces (CNF), through the amalgamation of the colonial navies of Australia following the federation of Australia. Although it was originally intended for local defence, it became increasingly responsible for regional defence as the British Empire started to diminish its influence in the South Pacific. The Royal Australian Navy was initially a green-water navy, and where the Royal Navy provided a blue-water force to the Australian Squadron, which the Australian and New Zealand governments helped to fund, and that was assigned to the Australia Station. Thi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cargo Ship
A cargo ship or freighter is a merchant ship that carries cargo, goods, and materials from one port to another. Thousands of cargo carriers ply the world's seas and oceans each year, handling the bulk of international trade. Cargo ships are usually specially designed for the task, often being equipped with crane (machine), cranes and other mechanisms to load and unload, and come in all sizes. Today, they are almost always built of welded steel, and with some exceptions generally have a life expectancy of 25 to 30 years before being scrapped. Definitions The words ''cargo'' and ''freight'' have become interchangeable in casual usage. Technically, "cargo" refers to the goods carried aboard the ship for hire, while "freight" refers to the act of carrying of such cargo, but the terms have been used interchangeably for centuries. Generally, the modern ocean shipping business is divided into two classes: # Liner business: typically (but not exclusively) container vessels (where ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adelaide
Adelaide ( ) is the capital city of South Australia, the state's largest city and the fifth-most populous city in Australia. "Adelaide" may refer to either Greater Adelaide (including the Adelaide Hills) or the Adelaide city centre. The demonym ''Adelaidean'' is used to denote the city and the residents of Adelaide. The Traditional Owners of the Adelaide region are the Kaurna people. The area of the city centre and surrounding parklands is called ' in the Kaurna language. Adelaide is situated on the Adelaide Plains north of the Fleurieu Peninsula, between the Gulf St Vincent in the west and the Mount Lofty Ranges in the east. Its metropolitan area extends from the coast to the foothills of the Mount Lofty Ranges, and stretches from Gawler in the north to Sellicks Beach in the south. Named in honour of Queen Adelaide, the city was founded in 1836 as the planned capital for the only freely-settled British province in Australia. Colonel William Light, one of Adelaide's foun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Shipwrecks Of Australia
This a list of shipwrecks located in Australia. New South Wales Norfolk Island Northern Territory Queensland South Australia Tasmania Victoria Western Australia See also * Australian National Shipwreck Database * HMAS ''Hobart'' (D39) * List of unidentified shipwrecks in Australian waters * List of 17th-century shipwrecks in Australia * Ship graveyard#Australia References Further reading * Loney, J. K. (1993). ''Wrecks on the New South Wales Coast''. Oceans Enterprises. . * Bateson, Charles; Reed, AH; Reed, AW (1972). ''Australian Shipwrecks – Vol. 1 1622–1850''. Sydney. * Loney, J. K. (1980). ''Australian Shipwrecks Vol. 2 1851–1871''. Sydney. * Loney, J. K. (1982). ''Australian Shipwrecks Vol. 3 1871–1900''. Geelong, Vic: List Publishing. * Loney, J. K. (1987). ''Australian Shipwrecks Vol. 4 1901–1986''. Portarlington, Vic: Marine History Publications. * Loney, J. K. (1991). ''Australian Shipwrecks Vol. 5 Update 1986''. Portarlin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gepps Cross
Gepps Cross (pronounced 'Jepps Cross') is a suburb and major road intersection in the north of Adelaide, South Australia. Gepps Cross is traditionally seen as the end of the inner suburbs and the start of the outer northern suburbs, as it was home to a major abattoir (now closed and demolished) with holding yards and other open space. It is the first significant open space encountered after the Adelaide Parklands, North Parklands. It retains the open nature, even with warehouses, a velodrome, field hockey, hockey stadium, Adelaide Raiders – a Croats, Croatian soccer club, and karate training facilities. Gepps Cross is best known for the five-way intersection with Grand Junction Road going east and west, Main North Road south and north-east, and Port Wakefield Road going north. The intersection is not Grade separation, grade-separated. It is controlled by traffic lights, and all five roads have at least three lanes in each direction. These roads include the main highways from Ade ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian National Shipwreck Database
__NOTOC__ The Australasian Underwater Cultural Heritage Database (AUCHD) is an online, searchable database containing data on shipwrecks, aircraft that have been submerged underwater or wrecked on the shore, and other Cultural artifact, artefacts of cultural significance which are or have been underwater. It includes what used to be called the Australian National Shipwreck Database (ANSDB), originally developed by the Australasian Institute of Maritime Archaeology in December 2009, now significantly expanded to include other objects. The database was hosted and maintained by the Department of the Environment and Energy until the environment functions of that department, including AUCHD, were taken over by the Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment on 1 February 2020. It comprises historical and environmental information about objects currently or previously located underwater in the Oceania and Southeast Asian regions. It includes images, the ability to link shipwr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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