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PORT BOW VIEW OF THE BRITISH CARGO STEAMER HANYANG WHICH TOOK PART IN THE MILNE BAY OPERATIONS IN 1942-09. SHE ALSO TOOK PART IN OPERATION LILLIPUT IN THE COURSE OF WHICH SHE WAS BOMBED AND DAMAGED BY JAPANESE AIRCRAFT IN ORO BAY ON 1943-04-11. IN THE BACKGROUND IS THE SS ANSHUN WHICH WAS SUNK BY JAPANESE CRUISER GUNFIRE IN MILNE BAY ON 1942-09-06. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION)
Piece of brown black coloured shrapnel from a Japanese aerial bomb. The SS Hanyang, a 2987 ton defensively equipped merchant ship (DEMS), was operated by the United States Army. Its officer's were B
GILI GILI, MILNE BAY, NEW GUINEA. 1942-12. THE CARGO STEAMER "ANSHUN", WHICH WAS SUNK BY SHELLFIRE FROM A JAPANESE CRUISER WHILE UNLOADING AT GILI GILI WHARF ON THE 1942-09-06, DURING THE BATTLE FOR M
MILNE BAY, PAPUA. 1942-09. THE STEAMER "ANSHUN" LYING ON HER SIDE IN MILNE BAY, WHERE SHE WAS SHELLED AND SUNK BY A JAPANESE CRUISER. THE "ANSHUN" WAS LATER SALVAGED AND TOWED TO SYDNEY, A DISTANCE OF
MILNE BAY, PAPUA. 1942-09. THE STEAMER "ANSHUN" LYING ON HER SIDE IN MILNE BAY, WHERE SHE WAS SHELLED AND SUNK BY A JAPANESE CRUISER. THE "ANSHUN" WAS LATER SALVAGED AND TOWED TO SYDNEY, A DISTANCE OF
STARBOARD BOW VIEW OF THE BRITISH PASSENGER CARGO STEAMER GORGON, WHICH TOOK REINFORCEMENTS TO SINGAPORE AS PART OF CONVOY MS.1 IN 1942-01. ON 1943-04-13 SHE WAS BOMBED AND BADLY DAMAGED AT MILNE BAY
PORT QUARTER VIEW OF THE 2/1 AUSTRALIAN HOSPITAL SHIP MANUNDA WHICH WAS BOMBED AND HEAVILY DAMAGED IN DARWIN HARBOUR BY JAPANESE AIRCRAFT ON 1942-02-19. ON THE NIGHT OF 1942-09-06 SHE WAS LYING ILLUMI
THE STEAMER ANSHUN LYING ON HER SIDE IN MILNE BAY, WHERE SHE WAS SHELLED AND SUNK BY A JAPANESE CRUISER. THE ANSHUN WAS LATER SALVAGED AND TOWED TO SYDNEY, A DISTANCE OF 1750 MILES.
