On this Day Jervis Bay 3rd October 1913

In what must have been an impressive display the first fleet of the Royal Australian Navy comprising the flagship H.M.A.S. Australia and her sister ships Sydney, Melbourne, Encounter, Psyche, Cambrian, Parramatta, Yarra and Warrego assembled in Jervis Bay for final preparations before their journey to Sydney to steam into Port Jackson as part of Fleet Week.

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