Guest dinkidi Posted 11 June , 2004 Share Posted 11 June , 2004 G'day In a listing of the transports of the Aust & N Z 1st Convoy, is the "Ex- Enemy Pfalz" Transport "Boorara". There are a couple of pics of her on the AWM site, and the enemy seemed to have a couple of shots at playing the dog in the manger. Was the capture & use of enemy shipping commonplace? Did it all go OUR way? ooRoo Pat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terryb95 Posted 11 June , 2004 Share Posted 11 June , 2004 Hi Pat, Could start the old jokes going about Vic and Taswegians. Yes If the en ship was still in a i.e. Brit or Aust port when war was declared then that ship was impounded and take over of use and the same happened with Brit ships in Germany. So the Governments tried to advise the captains of those ships so that they could leave before war was declared. It happend it also happened in WWII. Terry West Aust Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcolm Posted 11 June , 2004 Share Posted 11 June , 2004 I don't have a list of enemy ships impounded by RAN but 27 trawlers were captured by the RN in the North Sea. These were renamed and someone at the Admiralty had a sense of humour. They are all named starting with C and with a suffix SIT until 1915 when they were given the suffix SIN . eg. CLEARSIN, COALSIN etc. Most were sent to Grimsby and later assigned to the Mediterranean. Impounded and captured ships were used by all sides. Aye Malcolm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolphin Posted 11 June , 2004 Share Posted 11 June , 2004 For the British Empire, the Pfalz was a very significant ship, as it was a part of the beginning of the shooting war. At 0745 on 5 August 1914 (Australian Eastern Time) the Pfalz left her dock in Melbourne in a effort to leave Australian waters before the outbreak of hostilities. After Customs examination at about 1100 (an hour after the British ultimatum to Germany had expired) the ship was cleared and permitted to head for the open sea. However, before the Pfalz made it out of Port Phillip Bay, the decision was made to stop her, and an artillery round was fired across her bow from Fort Nepean. One shot was enough, and the ship stopped and steamed to Portsea to be interned. The round fired across the bow of the Pfalz was the first shot fired in the War by the British Empire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Nigel999 Posted 11 June , 2004 Share Posted 11 June , 2004 The forward gun of HMS LANCE engaged the German minelayer KONIGIN LUISE at 06:30 hrs on the morning of the 5th August 1914....the gun is in the IWM London Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest dinkidi Posted 11 June , 2004 Share Posted 11 June , 2004 G'day Nigel Australian Eastern Standard time is 10 hours ahead of GMT. Think we still won. G'day Terry Not another sandgroper! Would be a bit careful about the "Othersider" jokes, Cobber. Remember we are 2 hours AND 200 YEARS ahead of your mob! ooRoo Pat Dit dit dit dah V for Victoria Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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