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Photograph 001071/08 Second World War, 1939-1945A Naval Examination Service officer (left) sets out in a cutter to board an incoming ship seeking to enter port. The port examination vessel HMAS Akuna is in the background.

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A Naval Examination Service officer (left) sets out in a cutter to board an incoming ship seeking to enter port. The port examination vessel HMAS Akuna is in the background.
A Naval Examination Service officer (left) sets out in a cutter to board an incoming ship seeking to enter port. The port examination vessel HMAS Akuna is in the background.

The Naval Examination Service vessel HMAS Akuna hove to on station in Port Phillip Bay to intercept incoming ships seeking to enter port.

A hoist of multi-coloured flags at the yard-arm of a Naval Examination Service vessel HMAS Akuna convey instructions to an incoming ship seeking to enter port. Additional instructions are also display

A hoist of multi-coloured flags at the yard-arm of a Naval Examination Service vessel HMAS Akuna convey instructions to an incoming ship seeking to enter port. Additional instructions to 'hoist xag' a

A hoist of signal flags on the yard arm of the Naval Examination Service vessel HMAS Akuna to convey instructions to an incoming ship seeking to enter port. Additional instructions to 'hoist xag' are

A Port Examination Officer climbs a ladder to board the Naval Examination Service vessel HMAS Akuna before proceeding to an inspection of an incoming ship.
