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HMS TORCH moored to a buoy, Sydney Harbour

from Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

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  • Andy Waugh said:
    Zoom in & Torch can be read at the stern!
  • beachcomber australia said:
    There are a few other sightings of HMS TORCH on Flickr -
  • beachcomber australia said:
    " Torch joined the Australian Station in February 1897, serving in New Zealand waters in 1898 and 1899. She was part of the naval escort for the visit of the Duke and Duchess of York to Australia and New Zealand aboard the chartered Royal liner HMS Ophir during 1901. After a refit, she recommissioned at Sydney on 29 November 1913. In July 1914 Torch, in company with the French cruiser Kersaint, was involved with a native uprising on the Island of Wala, Vanuatu. Five men were killed and four injured, and one native prisoner was captured. In August 1914 she became part of the New Zealand Division of the Pacific Station. " From - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Torch_(1894) So this photo is 1897+
  • Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons said:
    Andy Waugh beachcomber australia Thanks folks :) Royal Museums Greenwich have some interesting objects relating to TORCH... Like this unusual speciman, collected by Capt Miller while TORCH was in the South Pacific 1903-05...
  • Summ.... said:
    what an elegant vessel

View of the wreck of the Mary Washington

from DCPL Commons

  • TPorter2006 said:
    Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Buoyant - Buoy Images!, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
  • rockcreek said:
    The Mary Washington sank the afternoon of October 5, 1896, springing a leak at its dock at the foot of 11th Street and going under on the Virginia side of the river. See "Sank at Anchor in River" in that day's "Evening Star".

'Neptune'

from Powerhouse Museum

  • Frankie Roberto said:
    Hmm, are you sure this was taken in 'some time in 2008'? :)
  • TPorter2006 said:
    Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Buoyant, and we'd love to have this added to the group! So great to see a Buoy pic in The Commons!
  • beachcomber australia said:
    A Naval gunboat. I don't know if it is more properly called HMS Neptune. There's a wonderful description in the SMH of 13/4/1887 of a day's exercise on the 'Neptune', including the firing of that bow cannon, a 64 pounder MLR [sic - RML = Rifled Muzzle Loading] slide-gun. Really brings this otherwise ho-hum picture to life. trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/13660801?searchTerm=hms%... Milsons Point in the background.
  • pellethepoet said:
    "The weather was wet, and the air was raw and cold..." - a great enhancement of the photo beachcomberaustralia. I dare say you wouldn't be able to creep up on the enemy with that smokestack!