Navy search for Australia’s first submarine lost 100 years - TopicsExpress



          

Navy search for Australia’s first submarine lost 100 years ago.... EXACTLY 100 years after Australia’s first submarine — HMAS AE1 — disappeared while chasing the German fleet off New Guinea with the loss of 35 sailors during World War I, the Navy has conducted its first comprehensive search for the boat. The Mine Hunter Coastal HMAS Yarra and her 45-strong crew spent four days last week scanning the area off the Duke of York Islands near Rabaul in Papua New Guinea trying to solve the nation’s greatest naval mystery. news.au/national/anzac-day/navy-search-for-australias-first-submarine-lost-100-years-ago/story-fnmewwpe-1227057480576
Posted on: Sat, 27 Sep 2014 00:25:43 +0000

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