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Photograph NAVY07592 Period 1960-1969R59450 Radio Operator Trevor N Mander of Cloverdale, WA donates blood in Manila. Miss S Limjuco collects for the Manila Blood Bank onboard his ship the aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne. Five RAN wars

The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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.
R59450 Radio Operator Trevor N Mander of Cloverdale, WA donates blood in Manila. Miss S Limjuco collects for the Manila Blood Bank onboard his ship the aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne. Five RAN wars

A Westland Wessex anti-submarine aircraft from the aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne prepares to lift an electric motor from the helicopter deck of the RN County Class guided missile destroyer HMS Kent.

Aircraft handlers prepare a Gannet anti-submarine aircraft for launching from the aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne for a surveillance patrol over the South China Sea. The ship was participating in SEA

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

Able Seaman (AB) M A Bellette of Glenorchy, Tasmania, on watch as the helmsman in the wheelhouse of the Daring class destroyer HMAS Vampire, responds to the order of 'hard-a-port' given from the bridg

Aircraft handlers on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne position a Gannet anti-submarine aircraft. The ship was participating in SEATO Exercise Sea Horse in the South China Sea.
