Official opening of the Fear God and Honour the King: HMAS Melbourne 1912-1928 Exhibition

Opening by CAPT Michael Harris, RAN, former CO of Melbourne III.  By invitation to MHHV and RHSV members and descendants of crew.  Guests can view the exhibition; exhibition catalogues for sale.

Official opening of the Fear God and Honour the King: HMAS Melbourne 1912-1928 Exhibition at RHSV, A’Beckett Street, Melbourne CBD 5.30-6.30

Opening by CAPT Michael Harris, RAN, former CO of Melbourne III.  By invitation to MHHV and RHSV members and descendants of crew.  Guests can view the exhibition; exhibition catalogues for sale.

Book Launch: HMAS Melbourne 1912-1928: The Forgotten Cruiser, authored by MHHV member Andrew Kilsby of Cooee History and Heritage and CDR Greg Swinden, RAN, of Sea Power Centre РAustralia.  Books available at the launch at special price of $39 for invited guests only.

7 Р7.45 pm, Free, public lecture at RHSV Audtorium, A’Beckett Street, by the book authors on ‘HMAS Melbourne in War and Peace 1912-1928’

HMAS Melbourne arrived in Port Phillip Bay on 26 March 1913.   It was the prequel to the RAN Fleet entering Sydney Harbour on 4 October 1913.  Led by the battle cruiser HMAS Australia, Melbourne led the remainder of the Fleet into the harbour for the Fleet review.  Between 3-5 October 2013 there will be an International Fleet Review to commemorate this historic event.  See the Prequel at the Exhibition РFear God and Honour the King: HMAS Melbourne 1913-1928 at the RHSV over 18 February – 1 May2013, to commemorate 100 years since Australia’s first cruiser arrived in Melbourne.

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