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Photograph 001072/23 Second World War, 1939-1945Naval 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.

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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.

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

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