043893
Photograph 043893 Period 1970-1979HMAS SYDNEY LEAVING SYDNEY HARBOUR FOR THE LAST TIME, 1975-12.
042609 Accession Number: 042609
Description
On a Carley float the sole survivor of the sinking of Oil Pioneer, an oil tanker owned by the British Oil Shipping Company, approaches the German 14,000-ton cruiser Admiral Hipper. The tanker was sunk by gunfire from the German battleship Gneisenau and torpedo from the destroyer Hermann Schoemann (Z7) in the course of Operation JUNO.
Details
Accession Number
042609
Photographer
Schroeder
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Film polyester negative
Physical Description
Format: 4x5"
Support: Polyester
Support: Polyester
Date Made
8 June 1940
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Donor K Hesketh
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain
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