The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
As an Official War Artist, Peter Churcher was appointed in February 2002 to spend three weeks with the Royal Australian Navy (RAN)in the Persian Gulf. He then flew to Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean with the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) and also spent time with the ADF stationed in Afghanistan. In 2011 Churcher was commisioned to represent the future HMAS Canberra and the HMAS Adelaide at the Navantia ship yards in Ferrol, Spain. These giant amphibious assault ships known as Landing Helicopter Docks (LHD) are the largest ever constructed for the RAN.
This painting depicts the construction of the HMAS Canberra, LHD1, at the Navantia shipyards in Ferrol, Spain.
As an Official War Artist, Peter Churcher was appointed in February 2002 to spend three weeks with the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) in the Persian Gulf. He then flew to Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean
As an Official War Artist, Peter Churcher was appointed in February 2002 to spend three weeks with the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) in the Persian Gulf. He then flew to Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean
As an Official War Artist, Peter Churcher was appointed in February 2002 to spend three weeks with the Royal Australian Navy (RAN)in the Persian Gulf. He then flew to Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean
As an Official War Artist, Peter Churcher was appointed in February 2002 to spend three weeks with the Royal Australian Navy (RAN)in the Persian Gulf. He then flew to Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean
Workers with propeller turbine for the giant amphibious assault ship Landing Helicopter Dock 1 (HMAS Canberra) at Ferrol, Spain. In this work the Spanish shipbuilders are at work on one of the giant p
Three men wearing headsets seated in front of computer screens in the operations room of HMAS Kanimbla. Peter Churcher recalled, "This room was in a sense the strategic heart of the ship containing al
