The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Clyde River, Scotland. The battleship HMS Vanguard of the Royal Navy. Vanguard was the last battleship built for the Royal Navy and had a displacement of 52,243 tonnes. She was ordered in 1941 but did not enter service until 1946. Vanguard was ultimately sold for scrap in 1960. In the background, the liner Queen Elizabeth can be seen during the process of being repainted to restore her peacetime colours. The rear half is still shown in wartime grey colour.
BAY OF BISCAY. 1943-05-29. SUNDERLAND T9114-E OF NO 461 SQUADRON RAAF, UNDER TOW BY THE FRENCH DESTROYER 'LA COMBATTANTE'. THE AIRCRAFT HAD LANDED TO PICK UP SIXTEEN SURVIVORS FROM TWO OTHER AIRCRAFT
Australian Station Flagship (Royal Navy) HMS Powerful. HMS Powerful with her sister ship HMS Terrible made up the Powerful Class of large cruisers. HMS Powerful was launched 24th July 1895 and proved
Australian Station Flagship (Royal Navy) HMS Powerful. HMS Powerful with her sister ship HMS Terrible made up the Powerful Class of large cruisers. HMS Powerful was launched 24th July 1895 and proved
Lee-Enfield No 9 Mk I Rifle. Receiver marked .22 R.F.N.9 Mk I over P-H 60 and the serial number. This rifle has been converted from a SMLE No IV rifle by boring out the .303 inch calibre barrel and th
Starboard port quarter of the Admiralty S Class Destroyer HMAS Swordsman, one of five ships of this class presented to Australian in 1919. She served with the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) until 1929 wh
JOHN ROCKEY (IN CENTRE OF PHOTOGRAPH WITH CAP AND BEARD), FATHER-IN-LAW OF DONOR, AMONGST FELLOW CREW MEMBERS OF THE CHILDERS, A FIRST-CLASS TORPEDO-BOAT BUILT IN 1883 BY THORNYCROFT OF CHISWICK, LOND
THIRD CLASS PROTECTED CRUISER HMS TAURANGA, FORMERLY HMS PHOENIX, OF THE AUSTRALIAN AUXILIARY SQUADRON OF THE ROYAL NAVY, SHOWING HER PORT FORWARD VIEW. TAURANGA WAS ONE OF FIVE CRUISERS OF THE RN AUX
