300302
Photograph 300302 Period 1950-19591954. STARBOARD BROADSIDE VIEW OF THE HEAVY CRUISER HMAS AUSTRALIA (II) IN HER FINAL CONFIGURATION. SHE IS FLYING THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL FLAG AT THE BOW AND FOREMAST WHILE THE WHITE ENSIGN FLIES FROM
300123 Accession Number: 300123
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SYDNEY, NSW. C.1937. PORT BROADSIDE VIEW OF THE SEAPLANE CARRIER HMAS ALBATROSS IN RESERVE PRIOR TO HER TRANSFER TO THE ROYAL NAVY IN 1938. NOTE THE CATAPULT WHICH WAS FITTED IN 1936. SHE IS MOORED OFF GARDEN ISLAND. TO THE LEFT IS THE STERN OF A V AND W CLASS DESTROYER. JUST BEFORE THE BRIDGE THE MAST OF THE CRUISER HMAS ADELAIDE CAN BE MADE OUT. THE FUNNEL AND MAINMAST OF THE DEPOT SHIP HMAS PLATYPUS CAN BE DISCERNED JUST BEFORE AND JUST ABAFT THE ALBATROSS' MOTOR BOAT. THE FOREMAST AND FUNNEL OF THE CRUISER HMAS CANBERRA APPEAR OVER THE TOP OF THE DOCKYARD BUILDINGS. ON THE EXTREME CENTRE RIGHT THE GARDEN ISLAND SHEER LEGS OBSCURE THE HARBOUR BRIDGE. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION).
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