The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
A convoy escorted by a sloop of the Royal Indian Navy and two Australian corvettes, was attacked by an enemy submarine [RO-110] off the east coast of India on 11th February 1944. Contact with the submarine was made by HMAS "Ipswich", (seen dropping a pattern of depth charges). Having escorted the ships away from the area, the Indian sloop, HMIS "Jumna" and the Australian corvette HMAS "Launceston" returned and joined in the attack. A large patch of oil fuel was evidence of the kill, Bay of Bengal, India.)
AERIAL STARBOARD SIDE VIEW OF THE BRITISH CARGO VESSEL SS ASPHALION, WHICH WAS TORPEDOED AND DAMAGED OF VIZAGAPATAM, INDIA, ON 1944-02-11 BY THE JAPANESE SUBMARINE RO 110. THE SUBMARINE WAS SUNK SOON
A loose sheet at the back of the sketchbook which has studies of vessels with colour annotations by the artist on the recto. On the verso is a diagrammatic drawing showing HMAS Ipswich and HMS Unicor
HMAS "Cairns" alongside the dockyard wall of Royal Indian Dockland, Bombay. Secured to "Cairns" are HMS "Tulip" (English corvette) and HMIS "Madras" (Australian-built corvette of Indian Navy). Left fo
PORT BOW VIEW OF THE INDIAN CORVETTE HMIS PUNJAB CROSSING THE STERN OF THE SLOOP HMIS JUMNA. SINCE COMPLETION PUNJAB HAS HAD HER ORIGINAL LIGHT AA MACHINE GUNS REPLACED BY 20 MM OERLIKON AA GUNS. THE
HMAS Ipswich picks up survivors of the cargo ship Peshewur, torpedoed and sunk by a Japanese submarine RO-111 in the Indian Ocean, south of Madras.
HMAS Ipswich picks up survivors of the cargo ship Peshewur, torpedoed and sunk by a Japanese submarine RO-111 in the Indian Ocean, south of Madras.
