Qualla: HMAS AE2 https://qualla.com/hmas-ae2 en-us © 2026 Bendyline Thu, 23 Jul 2026 20:34:08 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/s/x/5/z/hmas-ae2-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: HMAS AE2 https://qualla.com/hmas-ae2 HMAS AE2: Introduction https://qualla.com/hmas-ae2/ Photo credit Saberwyn, CC BY-SA 3.0. The orders given to HMAS AE2 in April 1915 were remarkable for their bluntness: run amok inside Turkish territory. She was an Australian submarine, 181 feet long, commissioned barely a year earlier, and she had spent most of her short service life searching for a war worth fighting. In the Pacific and Indian Ocean theatres, there was no role for submarines. So she was towed to the Mediterranean, and eventually assigned to a campaign that would define a generation of Australians — the Dardanelles.

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]]> Sat, 13 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/s/x/5/z/hmas-ae2-wp/sx5z-hmas-ae2-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full HMAS AE2: A Long Road to the Strait https://qualla.com/hmas-ae2/ Photo credit Calistemon, CC BY-SA 4.0. AE2 was one of two submarines ordered by the newly established Royal Australian Navy, built by Vickers Armstrong in England and commissioned in 1914. Together with her sister, AE1, she sailed to Australia — at the time, the longest voyage ever undertaken by a submarine. AE1 disap...

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]]> Sat, 13 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/s/x/5/z/hmas-ae2-wp/sx5z-hmas-ae2-a-long-road-to-the-strait.mp3 0:06 2 full HMAS AE2: Through the Narrows https://qualla.com/hmas-ae2/ Photo credit Saberwyn, CC BY-SA 3.0. The Dardanelles was not an easy passage for a submerged vessel. Strong currents ran against any southbound approach from the sea, and the shallow, mine-laden strait left little margin for mechanical error. AE2's first attempt, made on 24 April 1915, ended six nautical miles in wh...

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]]> Sat, 13 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/s/x/5/z/hmas-ae2-wp/sx5z-hmas-ae2-through-the-narrows.mp3 0:06 3 full HMAS AE2: Scuttled in the Marmara https://qualla.com/hmas-ae2/ Photo credit Saberwyn, CC BY-SA 3.0. On 30 April 1915, mechanical faults forced AE2 to the surface. The Turkish torpedo boat *Sultanhisar* engaged her and damaged the hull. With the submarine unable to dive and taking damage, Lieutenant Commander Stoker ordered the crew to abandon ship and scuttle. AE2 went to the b...

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]]> Sat, 13 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/s/x/5/z/hmas-ae2-wp/sx5z-hmas-ae2-scuttled-in-the-marmara.mp3 0:06 4 full HMAS AE2: Resting Place https://qualla.com/hmas-ae2/ Photo credit Saberwyn, CC BY-SA 3.0. Selçuk Kolay, director of the Rahmi M. Koç Museum in Istanbul, began searching for the wreck in 1995, and in 1998 located it at 86 metres depth. A 2007 investigation sent a drop camera through the submarine's open hatch and into the control room. By then, additional damage had oc...

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