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Photograph 001072/25 Second World War, 1939-1945The cutter of the Naval Examination Service vessel HMAS Akuna being lowered into the water ready to take a port inspection party to an incoming ship.

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A boarding party from the Naval Examination Service vessel HMAS Akuna being lowered in the ship's cutter.
The cutter of the Naval Examination Service vessel HMAS Akuna being lowered into the water ready to take a port inspection party to an incoming ship.

Naval ratings of the crew of the Naval Examination Service vessel HMAS Akuna lowering the ship's cutter which will take a port inspection party to an incoming ship.

With the cutter ready at the falls, the ship's Captain, Lieutenant F J Berry RANR (left) prepares to leave the Naval Examination Service vessel HMAS Akuna to inspect an incoming ship.

The Ship's Captain, Lieutenant F J Berry RANR, of the Naval Examination Service vessel HMAS Akuna interrogating an incoming ship by means of a megaphone.

A Japanese freighter, of the Yamashita Line, with rope ladder lowered, hove-to awaiting arrival of the cutter carrying officials from the Naval Examination vessel HMAS Akuna to be inspected before bei

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.
