The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
At Sea, Borneo. 1945. Powerful engines of HMAS Lachlan, survey ship of Allied amphibious Task Force under Admiral Daniel Barbey, are keenly inspected by the Chief Petty Officer of the engine room crew. Engines were entirely built in Australia. Commissioned in February 1945 the HMAS Lachlan has already surveyed waters as far a field as the China Straits, Zamboanga, Mindoro and Borneo.
The job of cleaning and preparing the sea routes for amphibious landings is just one of the hazardous jobs carried out by ships of the RAN. Australian built and fitted frigate HMAS Lachlan surveyed an
Commanding Officer of the HMAS Lachlan, George Dalton Tancred, goes ashore for a conference prior to an amphibious operation. Survey ship of an Allied Task Force, Lachlan is entirely Australian-built
At Sea, Borneo. 1945. In the Chart Room of HMAS Lachlan where new charts and other important details are coordinated and prepared prior to landing operations. Data is collected by several means and in
Collection relating to the Second World War service of PM7675 Chief Petty Officer Frank Alexander Paxton, HMAS Hobart, Royal Australian Navy, Australia and Borneo, 1945. Wallet 1 of 1 – Consists of o
AT SEA, OFF MOROTAI, 1945-05-16. THE CHIEF ENGINEER, LIEUTENANT COMMANDER A.H. BREW RANR (S), (6) SUPERVISING THE FITTING OF A MAIN BEARING IN THE ENGINE ROOM OF HMAS LACHLAN.
Melbourne, Vic. 1945-09-12. The interior of HM Submarine Voracious, showing the diesel engines and engine room. Identified personnel are: Front to rear: Stoker W. Snowdon; Leading Stoker J. Ferguson;
