The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
The assembly line at Halvorsen's Yard, Ryde, Parramatta River, NSW, showing Australian and Norwegian shipwrights constructing high speed boats for the Australian and American armies. All the craft are of timber construction and range from Fairmile motor launches to fast supply boats and search and rescue launches for the RAAF.
Army command boat under construction at Halvorsen's Yard, River, Ryde. All the craft are of timber construction and range from Fairmile motor launches to fast supply boats and search and rescue launch
Shipwrights shaping keels against a background of bulkheads at Halvorsen's Yard, Ryde, on the Parramatta River. The keels are constructed using Australian hardwoods, most commonly Black Butt and Spott
Figures of men working on three boats in Halvorsens' boat yard, Ryde, Parramatta River. All the craft are of timber construction and range from Fairmile motor launches to fast supply boats and search
Prefabricated bulkheads and partially built hull of Fairmile motor torpedo boat at Halvorsen's Yard, River, Ryde (to be used by RAAF for air-sea rescue) In the background is the ribbed hull of a Fairm
The finished products in their official colours waiting to go out on tests. The Fairmil (background) is a submarine chaser and the other craft are Air-sea rescue craft of the Royal Australian Air Forc
Showing ships under constructions at Tulloch's shipbuilding yards, Parramatta River, Rhodes, N.S.W. Ships under construction are of steel and known as ocean going cargo ships for the American and Aust
