The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
R57742 Mechanical Engineer Leigh J Duncan carries out a silver nitrate test on a sample of distilled water supplying the boilers in B boiler room onboard the Daring class destroyer HMAS Duchess. The check is necessary to determine that the ship's water supply is pure for both the boilers and domestic use. His ship is attached to the Far East Strategic Reserve (FESR) during the Indonesian Confrontation.
R54246 Mechanical Engineer Fred W Gulson carries out a silver nitrate test on a sample of distilled water supplying the boilers in B boiler room onboard the Daring class destroyer HMAS Duchess. This
Acting Leading Engineering Mechanic Richard Stevenson, on watch in B boiler room in the Daring class destroyer HMAS Duchess while it is serving in the Far East Strategic Reserve (FESR) during the Indo
Mechanical Engineer Michael Chopping of Newborough, Vic on watch in B boiler room onboard the Daring class destroyer HMAS Duchess when it was deployed to the Far East Strategic Reserve (FESR) during t
R54217 Acting Petty Officer Engineering Mechanic Robert W Cavanagh, on watch in a machinery space, uses the inter-communications system onboard the Daring class destroyer HMAS Duchess while the ship i
Engineering Mechanic Arthur Hodge on watch in B boiler room of the Daring class destroyer HMAS Duchess. He is inspecting a sprayer removed from the furnace. Sprayers are regularly cleaned to remove so
R54870 Engineering Mechanic Neil J Leonard on watch onboard the Daring class destroyer HMAS Duchess. He is carrying out routine maintenance in removing a sprayer from the furnace in order to clean an
