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Photograph 004279 Second World War, 1939-1945SYDNEY, NSW. THE RAN CORVETTE HMAS BURNIE BEING BROUGHT ALONGSIDE THE WHARF AFTER THE LAUNCHING CEREMONY.

The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
SYDNEY, NSW. HMAS GOULBURN ALONGSIDE THE WHARF AT COCKATOO DOCKYARDS AFTER THE LAUNCHING OF THIS RAN SHIP.
SYDNEY, NSW. THE RAN CORVETTE HMAS BURNIE BEING BROUGHT ALONGSIDE THE WHARF AFTER THE LAUNCHING CEREMONY.

SYDNEY, NSW. A STERN VIEW OF HMAS GOULBURN AT COCKATOO DOCK BEFORE THE LAUNCHING CEREMONY.

SYDNEY, NSW. HMAS BATHURST, CORVETTE AND ESCORT SHIP, ENTERS THE WATER AT COCKATOO ISLAND DOCKYARD AFTER THE LAUNCHING CEREMONY. THE VESSEL IS THE FIRST OF A FLEET OF CORVETTES FOR THE RAN.

SYDNEY, NSW. HMAS LITHGOW ALONGSIDE THE WHARF AFTER THE LAUNCHING CEREMONY.

SYDNEY, NSW. LAUNCHING OF THE RAN SHIP HMAS GOULBURN. CEREMONY (DEDICATION) PERFORMED BY REV. A.G. RIX. HEAVY RAIN WAS FALLING AT THE TIME AND TARPAULINS WERE PLACED ABOVE THE PLATFORM TO FORM A ROOF.

COCKATOO ISLAND DOCKYARD, SYDNEY, NSW. 1944-01-15. THE DESTROYER HMAS BATAAN IMMEDIATELY AFTER HER LAUNCHING BY MRS MACARTHUR, WIFE OF GENERAL DOUGLAS MACARTHUR, WATCHED BY A LARGE CROWD ON THE WHARF.
