NAVY07409 Accession Number: NAVY07409

Description

Warships from several Commonwealth navies sail to Manila to begin SEATO Exercise Sea Horse, which was being held in the South China Sea. The photograph is taken from a River class frigate and it depicts other unidentified warships including an aircraft carrier on the port bow. Other warships steam ahead. Apart from the RN and RNZN, the RAN warships participating included HMA ships Melbourne, Supply, Vampire, Parramatta and Yarra.

Details

Accession Number
NAVY07409
Photographer
Unknown
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Date Made
c May 1965
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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