300246
Photograph 300246 Period 1920-1929SYDNEY, NSW. C.1919. PORT BOW VIEW OF THE BATTLECRUISER HMAS AUSTRALIA (I) AS FLAGSHIP OF THE AUSTRALIAN SQUADRON AFTER WORLD WAR 1. THE SHIP FLIES THE BROAD PENNANT OF COMMODORE FIRST CLASS JOHN S. D
300238 Accession Number: 300238
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FIRTH OF FORTH, SCOTLAND. C.1915-02. PORT BROADSIDE VIEW OF THE BATTLECRUISER HMAS AUSTRALIA (I) AS FLAGSHIP OF THE 2ND BATTLECRUISER SQUADRON, GRAND FLEET. THE SHIP IS FLYING THE FLAG OF A VICE ADMIRAL AT THE FOREPEAK INDICATING THAT THE PHOTOGRAPH DATES FROM BETWEEN 1915-02-08, WHEN VICE ADMIRAL SIR GEORGE PATEY RN COMMANDED THE SQUADRON, AND 1915-03-07, WHEN HE WAS RELIEVED BY REAR ADMIRAL W.C. PAKENHAM RN. THE SHIP HAS HAD A RANGE FINDER POSITION FITTED ABOVE HER FORE CONTROL TOP AND A DIRECTOR CONTROL TOWER FITTED BELOW IT, AS WELL AS ADDITIONS TO HER FORWARD SUPERSTRUCTURE. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION, IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM PHOTOGRAPH).
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300238
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Date Made
February 1915
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