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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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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.
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.

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.

A boarding party from the Naval Examination Service vessel HMAS Akuna being lowered in the ship's cutter.

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 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.
