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A transport ship that was bombed by Japanese planes returning from the attack on Darwin. The captain attempted to beach the ship on Bathurst Island , but the engines failed three miles offshore. 11°42.3′S 130°02′E / 11.7050°S 130.033°E / -11.7050; 130.033 ( Don Isidro
5 Deaths. 6 References. Toggle the table of contents ... Other events of 1860; Timeline of Australian history; The following lists events that happened during 1860 in ...
The two ships sailed for the Gulf on 24 August 1861. [38] The ships became separated in a storm on 1 September, and Firefly hit a reef off Sir Charles Hardy Islands. The crew were able to free and save twenty-six of the horses by cutting a hole in the side of the ship. Victoria arrived shortly afterwards. [39]
HMS Sussex – the third-rate ship was lost in a fierce storm on 1 March off Gibraltar. There were two survivors from a crew of 500. 498 1120 England: White Ship – Ship carrying William Adelin, heir to the English Throne and the Duchy of Normandy, and more than 300 others. Drunk crew ran it aground in the English Channel.
The list includes incidents involving equipment (helicopters, whaleboats) attached to ships and naval establishments. The list excludes losses on non-RAN vessels (including attacks on merchant shipping), merchant seaman deaths, and other losses (including prisoner of war deaths). Fatalities include all lives lost on the named vessel at each ...
He called Australia 't Landt van d'Eendracht —shortened to Eendrachtsland—after his ship, a name which would be in use until Abel Tasman named the land New Holland in 1644. In 1619 Frederik de Houtman , in the VOC ship Dordrecht , and Jacob d'Edel, in another VOC ship Amsterdam , sighted land on the Australian coast near present-day Perth ...
South Australia was founded as a "free province"—it was never a penal colony. [33] Victoria and Western Australia were also founded "free", but later accepted transported convicts. [34] [35] A campaign by the settlers of New South Wales led to the end of convict transportation to that colony; the last convict ship arrived in 1848. [36]
Ocean Chief was a clipper ship used in a regular packet service and as a passenger ship for bounty emigrants to Australia between June 1854 and December 1861 at the time of the Australian gold rushes.