The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Sydney, NSW. The Governor General Lord Gowrie performs the official ceremony of laying of the keel of the Tribal Class Destroyer HMAS Arunta a few moments before she was christened. HMAS Arunta subsequently became stuck on the slipway and was finally launched the following day.
Cockatoo Dockyard, Sydney. Keel laying ceremony of the second Tribal Class Destroyer HMAS Warramunga after the launching of the sloop HMAS Warrego. Mr Menzies puts a rivet in the keel of HMAS Warramun
Sydney, NSW. 1940-11-30. HMAS Arunta, the first of the tribal class destroyers to be built in Australia at Cockatoo Island, waiting to be launched by Lady Gowrie, the wife of the Governor General. (Na
Cockatoo Dockyard, Sydney. A view No 1 slipway showing construction of the Tribal Class Destroyer HMAS Arunta and the staging required to build these ships. In the foreground, shipwrights are construc
Kure, Japan. September 1954. Port bow view of the Tribal Class Destroyer (D130) Hmas Arunta in September 1954 departing Kure for Australia after service in Korean waters. Arunta was built at Cockatoo
Off the New South Wales Coast. c. November 1941. Starboard bow view of Australian tribal class destroyer HMAS Arunta at speed during trials. At this stage she was not fully fitted and her pennant numb
