300256
Photograph 300256 Period 1920-1929SOUTH HEAD, NSW. 1924-04-12. THE BATTLECRUISER HMAS AUSTRALIA (I) ON HER PORT SIDE AND SINKING DURING HER CEREMONIAL SCUTTLING 95 DEGREES 24 MILES OFF INNER SOUTH HEAD. THE FLOTILLA LEADER HMAS ANZAC
300243 Accession Number: 300243
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SOUTH HEAD, NSW. 1924-04-12. VIEW FROM THE PORT SIDE OF THE STERN OF THE INDEFATIGABLE CLASS BATTLECRUISER HMAS AUSTRALIA (I), PHOTOGRAPHED AT A POSITION 95 DEGREES, 24 MILES FROM INNER SOUTH HEAD, SYDNEY BEING PREPARED FOR CEREMONIAL SCUTTLING. THE SCUTTLING PARTY IS DISEMBARKING. ONE SAILOR SEMAPHORES TO AN ACCOMPANYING VESSEL. THE AFTER 12 INCH GUN TURRET IS PROMINENT. ALL SECONDARY ARMAMENT HAS BEEN REMOVED AS HAS THE 4 INCH AA GUN FITTED DURING WORLD WAR 1. THE PLATFORM ON WHICH IT WAS MOUNTED JUTS OUT FROM THE END OF THE SUPERSTRUCTURE. THE WHITE ENSIGN REMAINS FLYING. AUSTRALIA (I) WAS BUILT BY J. BROWN, CLYDEBANK, AND LAUNCHED ON 1911-10-25. SHE SAW EARLY WORLD WAR 1 SERVICE IN AUSTRALIAN AND NEARBY WATERS AND LATER JOINED THE BRITISH FLEET. AFTER THE END OF THE WAR SHE RETURNED TO AUSTRALIA AND SUBSEQUENTLY PAID OFF ON 1921-12-12, REMAINING IN RESERVE UNTIL EARLY 1924. AUSTRALIA WAS ESCORTED BY FIVE WARSHIPS AND FIVE SYDNEY HARBOUR FERRIES AS SHE WAS TOWED TO HER FINAL RESTING PLACE. THE SHIP CARRIED PENNANT NUMBERS C6, O9 AND 81 AT VARIOUS TIMES DURING HER NAVAL SERVICE. SEE ALSO 300254, 300255 AND 300256. ( NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION)
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300243
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