The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
MELBOURNE, VIC. C. 1900. TORPEDO BOATS CHILDERS (CENTRE) AND COUNTESS OF HOPETOUN (RIGHT). IN THE FOREGROUND IS A SELF RIGHTING, SELF DRAINING LIFEBOAT WHICH FORMED PART OF THE SHORE BASED RESCUE SERVICES OF PORT PHILLIP BAY. THIS PARTICULAR LIFEBOAT WAS THE SECOND IN THE SERVICE BEING ON ACTIVE SERVICE FROM 1859 TO 1890.
WILLIAMSTOWN, VIC. PORT FORWARD QUARTER VIEWS OF THE VICTORIAN FIRST CLASS TORPEDO BOATS HMVS CHILDERS (FOREGROUND) AND COUNTESS OF HOPETOUN (RIGHT BACKGROUND). BOTH VESSELS WERE BUILT IN LONDON. CHIL
PORT MELBOURNE, VIC. 1912. PORT BOW QUARTER VIEW OF THE FIRST CLASS TORPEDO BOAT HMAS COUNTESS OF HOPETOUN. NOTE THE BOW TORPEDO TUBE. AFTER SERVING IN THE PORT PHILLIP BAY AREA DURING WORLD WAR 1 THE
PORT MELBOURNE, VIC. 1920. STARBOARD BOW QUARTER VIEW OF THE FIRST CLASS TORPEDO BOAT HMAS COUNTESS OF HOPETOUN READY FOR THE VISIT OF THE PRINCE OF WALES. NOTE THE BOW TORPEDO TUBE. AFTER SERVING IN
The first class torpedo boat HMAS Countess of Hopetoun of seventy five tons displacement which was launched in 1891 and formed part of the Commonwealth Naval Forces at the outbreak of the First World
VICTORIA. STARBOARD SIDE VIEW OF THE TORPEDO BOAT HMVS CHILDERS EN ROUTE FROM WILLIAMSTOWN TO PORT PHILLIP BAY. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION).
Point Cook, Vic. C. 1945. The lifeboat component of the Airborne Lifeboat Rescue system anchored in Port Phillip Bay, Vic, during evaluation trials of the rescue system conducted by RAAF Station Point
