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Photograph NAVY00875 Period 1960-1969A group of eight officers inspect an unidentified SEATO warship during exercise Sea Devil being held in the South China Sea that month involving 34 ships from six navies. The diversity of the uniform

The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
A group of seven multinational officers meet onboard the aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne to discuss the program for SEATO exercise Sea Devil held in the South China Sea. Ships from six SEATO countries participated - including Australia, New Zealand, Pakistan, Thailand, the United Kingdom and the United States.
A group of eight officers inspect an unidentified SEATO warship during exercise Sea Devil being held in the South China Sea that month involving 34 ships from six navies. The diversity of the uniform

Rear Admiral Alan McNicoll, Flag Officer Commanding the Australian Fleet, onboard his flagship the aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne. He was also commanding an international task force during SEATO exe

Two naval air mechanics onboard the aircraft carier HMAS Melbourne unloading 20 mm cannon ammunition from a locker. A Fairey Gannet anti-submarine aircraft, partly obscured, is in the background. Th

The Flag Officer Commanding the Australian Fleet, O.787 Rear Admiral T K Morrison and his Fleet Operations Officer, O.1303 Commander G T Woolrych, prepare to embark in a Wessex anti-submarine helicopt

A shore party assists as the aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne casts off from a wharf to begin a five month deployment to the Far East Strategic Reserve (FESR). The then flagship of the Australian flee

A photographic branch sailor from the aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne demonstrates the use of a hand-held F24 aircraft camera to two members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines. The ship was parti
