ANZAC Q&A - How was the Navy involved in the campaign?

Q.   How was the navy involved in the campaign?

A.   The Royal Navy, the Royal Australian Navy and the French Navy contributed heavily to the Gallipoli Campaign. Naval ships escorted transports and carried troops themselves, provided artillery support by day and night and provided illumination at night with their searchlights. The Royal Australian Navy submarine HMAS AE2 was the first Allied warship to force a passage of the Dardenelles Strait and enter the Sea of Marmora; the Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train, a specialist engineering unit made up largely of naval reservists, served ashore with distinction on the peninsula.

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