And so it was that AE2 missed First Lord of the Admiralty Winston Churchill’s greatest blunder by only one day: On March 18, his seemingly insurmountable fleet of battleships was smashed by Turkish ...

Don't miss out on the headlines from ANZAC Centenary. Followed categories will be added to My News. Almost 100 years ago, the boat and her brave crew of 34 sailors, led by skipper Lieutenant Commander ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. MARK COLVIN: Off the coast of Gallipoli, the Royal Australian Navy is remembering an Australian ...

Dr Karl tells the story of Australia’s first submarine in World War One, the AE2. ON 31 DECEMBER, 1914, AE2 Australia’s only submarine (AE1 had been lost at sea off New Guinea two months earlier), ...

More than 100 years before Australia signed up to buy eight nuclear-powered submarines, our first sub notched a world first. I cover the New England district. Phone me on 0477 347 108 if you have any ...

REMAINS: The AE2. A FASCINATING story that has often been overlooked on Anzac Day is that of the Australian submarine that was the first to breach the Dardanelles, having sailed from Sydney.

A team of Australian and Turkish engineers, scientists and divers have captured underwater vision from inside Australia's first wartime submarine, the AE2. The World War I submarine was the first ...

The Australian Government will provide the Submarine Institute of Australia (SIA) with $368,500 in funding for a project aimed to protect, preserve and tell the story of the Australian Submarine HMAS ...

In optimal conditions AE2 could travel 80km underwater on battery power before it had to surface and use diesel engines to recharge. A clean course through the Narrows of the Dardanelles was 75km.