1268245 Seamen crowd around Australian Prime Minister The Hon William Morris (\'Billy\') Hughes as he addresses them on the deck of HMAS Australia at the dockyard in Devon, England, 21 May 1916 (b/w photo) by Australian Photographer (20th century); Australian War Memorial, Canberra, Australia; (add.info.: The Prime Minister was visiting the Australian warships. HMAS Australia was undergoing repairs after sustaining extensive damage in two collisions with the battle cruiser New Zealand on 22 April; she returned to patrol duties in the North Sea in June); Lent by Chief Steward Newell; Australian, out of copyright.