The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
The Royal Australian Navy on boom defence duty at Darwin harbour. Looking forward showing the horns of a boom working vessel. A cylindrical buoy has been lifted from the sea to enable a shackle to be made fast. Four other smaller buoys are visible on the deck.
The Royal Australian Navy on boom defence duty at Darwin harbour. A Bar Class boom working vessel, possibly HMAS Karangi, engaged on repairs to the anti submarine net. The sailors are working on one o
The Royal Australian Navy on boom defence duty at Darwin harbour. An unidentified sailor using a sledge hammer to loosen a shackle on a large mooring buoy, which has been bought ashore for repairs. Th
The Royal Australian Navy on boom defence duty at Darwin harbour. An unidentified sailor using a mallet to remove the shackle from a buoy at the boom defence shore depot.
The Royal Australian Navy (RAN) on boom defence duty at Darwin harbour. Unidentified RAN riggers, working from a Bar class, boom defence vessel, securing buoys at the boom defence line, prior to comme
The Royal Australian Navy (RAN) on boom defence duty at Darwin harbour. These RAN riggers and officer are examining the anti submarine net whilst standing on the horns of a Bar class boom working vess
The Royal Australian Navy on boom defence duty at Darwin harbour. A team of unidentified sailors lifting a large cylindrical buoy for transport to the repair shop.
