300183
Photograph 300183 Period 1940-1949GARDEN ISLAND, NSW. 1949-12-12. PORT BOW VIEW OF BATHURST CLASS CORVETTE HMAS ARARAT BERTHED ALONGSIDE A SISTER SHIP AT GARDEN ISLAND, SYDNEY. HER LIGHT ANTI AIRCRAFT ARMAMENT IS MISSING AS ARE HER BO
300187 Accession Number: 300187
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GARDEN ISLAND, NSW. 1949-12-12. PORT QUARTER VIEW OF THE BATHURST CLASS CORVETTE HMAS ARARAT BERTHED ALONGSIDE A SISTER SHIP AT GARDEN ISLAND, SYDNEY. HER LIGHT ANTI AIRCRAFT ARMAMENT IS MISSING AS ARE HER BOATS. LAUNCHED ON 1943-02-20, ARARAT SAW WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE IN THE AUSTRALIA - NEW GUINEA AREA AND ADJACENT WATERS FOLLOWED, AFTER THE CESSATION OF HOSTILITIES, BY MINESWEEPING DUTIES. THE SHIP WAS SOLD IN EARLY 1961 TO BURNS PHILIP & CO LTD AFTER WHICH SHE PASSED INTO JAPANESE HANDS. ARARAT CARRIED PENNANT NUMBER K34 DURING HER WAR SERVICE WHICH WAS CHANGED POST WAR TO M34. SHE WAS BUILT BY EVANS DEAKIN, BRISBANE. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION).
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300187
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