The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
A Signal Yeoman of the RAN at an Australian Naval Signal Station uses binoculars to keep a lookout for signals from the Naval Examination Service vessel HMAS Akuna on station in Port Phillip Bay. The reflection of the adjacent lighthouse is shown in the glass of the searchlight.
A Signal Yeoman and a RAN rating at the Australian Naval Signal Station keep a lookout for signals from the Naval Examination Service vessel HMAS Akuna on station in Port Phillip Bay. The lighthouse o
The Naval Examination Service vessel HMAS Akuna hove to on station in Port Phillip Bay to intercept incoming ships seeking to enter port.
A RAN rating from HMAS Cerberus, a crew member of the Naval Examination Service vessel HMAS Akuna, uses an Aldis lamp to flash a signal to a ship approaching port.
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.
A hoist of signal flags on the mast at the Australian Naval Signal Station seen from the adjacent lighthouse.
