BreathingOutOnTheWayUp
War Hero
Lost at sea 14th Sept 2014
<<His Majesty’s Australian Submarine AE1 was launched in the yard of Vickers Ltd at Barrow-in-Furness, England on 22 May 1913. She commissioned at Portsmouth on 28 February 1914 under the command of Lieutenant Commander Thomas Fleming Besant, RN. She was the first of two E Class submarines built for the fledgling Royal Australian Navy and was manned by Royal Navy officers with a mixed crew of sailors drawn from the Royal Navy and the Royal Australian Navy...>>
http://www.navy.gov.au/hmas-ae1
FOUND
<<...The first Allied and Royal Australian Navy submarine lost in World War I has finally been found after a 103-year search off the coast of Papua New Guinea.
"Australia's oldest naval mystery has been solved," Defence Minister Marise Payne said.
"It was … a significant tragedy felt by our nation and our allies."...>>
Excellent coverage here http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-12-21/hmas-ae1-submarine-found-after-century-long-search/9278782
RIP - RESURGAM
<<His Majesty’s Australian Submarine AE1 was launched in the yard of Vickers Ltd at Barrow-in-Furness, England on 22 May 1913. She commissioned at Portsmouth on 28 February 1914 under the command of Lieutenant Commander Thomas Fleming Besant, RN. She was the first of two E Class submarines built for the fledgling Royal Australian Navy and was manned by Royal Navy officers with a mixed crew of sailors drawn from the Royal Navy and the Royal Australian Navy...>>
http://www.navy.gov.au/hmas-ae1
FOUND
<<...The first Allied and Royal Australian Navy submarine lost in World War I has finally been found after a 103-year search off the coast of Papua New Guinea.
"Australia's oldest naval mystery has been solved," Defence Minister Marise Payne said.
"It was … a significant tragedy felt by our nation and our allies."...>>
Excellent coverage here http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-12-21/hmas-ae1-submarine-found-after-century-long-search/9278782
RIP - RESURGAM