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Re: AE1 submarine
Posted by: François Nichols ()
Date: December 22, 2017 03:53PM

Brian Wrote:
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> <HTML>Hi Judy,
> HMAS AE.1 was the first sub commissioned by the
> RAN, completed 1913, 655/796 ts, 4-18" torpedo
> tubes, her Captain was Lt Cdr T. F. Besant.
> On 13/9/1914 she was in company of destroyer
> Parramatta, patrolling in the Bismarck sea in an
> attempt to locate the German gunboat Geier. Near
> Cape Gazelle, at the south end of Blanche Bay,
> Rabaul, the two vessels parted company to scout
> idependently along the coast and AE.1 was never
> heard from again. There are a lot of speculations
> on her loss but since the wreck has not been
> located it is going to be forever a guess as to
> what really happened.
> Best regards, Brian</HTML>

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AE1 submarine judy odine 09/14/2003 01:09AM
Re: AE1 submarine Brian 09/14/2003 01:36AM
Re: AE1 submarine François Nichols 12/22/2017 03:53PM
Re: AE1 submarine T,F 12/22/2017 05:20PM
Re: AE1 submarine Vin 09/16/2003 03:45AM
Re: AE1 submarine judy 09/16/2003 12:10PM


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