The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
STARBOARD BOW VIEW, TAKEN PRIOR TO WORLD WAR 2, OF THE FORMER COMMONWEALTH GOVERNMENT LINE PASSENGER SHIP JERVIS BAY. COMMISSIONED INTO THE ROYAL NAVY AS AN ARMED MERCHANT CRUISER AT THE OUTBREAK OF WAR, THE JERVIS BAY WAS SUNK IN ACTION WITH THE GERMAN ARMOURED SHIP ADMIRAL SCHEER WHILE DEFENDING A CONVOY IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC ON 1940-11-05. HER COMMANDING OFFICER, CAPTAIN FOGARTY FEGEN RN, A FORMER EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVAL COLLEGE, WAS AWARDED A POSTHUMOUS VICTORIA CROSS FOR HIS PART IN THE ACTION. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION)
Dili, East Timor. 19 December 1999. The wooden plaque on the wall of HMAS Jervis Bay. The plaque reads "Admiral Scheer 1940" and "Atlantic 1940", battle honours for the ship HMS Jervis Bay from the Se
The sinking of the Armed Merchant Cruiser Jervis Bay by the German pocket battleship Admiral Scheer. Original German newsreel and Department of Information version with new narration contradicting the
Depicts the ship H.M.S. 'Jervis Bay' engaging the German pocket battleship, 'Admiral Scheer' on 5 November 1940, during the Second World War. On 31 October 1940 the 'Admiral Scheer' entered the north
1939-09-12. AERIAL STARBOARD SIDE VIEW OF THE DUTCH CARGO VESSEL SS RANTAUPANDJANG WHICH WAS SUNK BY THE GERMAN ARMOURED SHIP ADMIRAL SCHEER IN THE INDIAN OCEAN ON 1941-02-22. WHEN THIS PHOTOGRAPH WAS
1948-03-10. STARBOARD SIDE VIEW OF THE BRITISH PASSENGER VESSEL MORETON BAY. FORMERLY A VESSEL OF THE COMMONWEALTH GOVERNMENT LINE SHE WAS SOLD TO BRITISH INTERESTS. IN 1939 SHE WAS FITTED OUT IN SYDN
FREMANTLE, WA. 1949-06-03. STARBOARD BOW VIEW OF THE BRITISH PASSENGER VESSEL OXFORDSHIRE WHICH SERVED AS A HOSPITAL SHIP IN BOTH WORLD WARS AND WAS PRESENT WITH AUSTRALIAN VESSELS IN SUBIC BAY ON VJ
