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DARWIN, N.T. AUSTRALIA, 1942-02-19. "BAROSSA" AND "NEPTUNIA" (WITH 200 TONS OF DEPTH CHARGES IN HER CARGO WHICH EVENTUALLY WENT UP IN THE GREATEST EXPLOSION OF THE RAID) ON FIRE FROM DIRECT HITS RECEIVED IN THE FIRST JAPANESE AIR RAID ON AUSTRALIA'S MAINLAND.
DARWIN, N.T. AUSTRALIA, 1942-02-19. THE TROOP TRANSPORT SS ZEALANDIA ON FIRE AS A RESULT OF A DIRECT HIT RECEIVED IN THE FIRST JAPANESE AIR RAID ON AUSTRALIA'S MAINLAND. IN THE BACKGROUND IS THE HOSPI
Merchant vessels Barossa and Neptuna burning in Darwin Harbour near the jetty after receiving direct hits during the first Japanese air raid on 19 February 1942. SS Neptuna later exploded and sank whi
DARWIN, NT. C.1942-02. A SUSPENSION FOOTBRIDGE SPANS THE GAP BETWEEN THE TWO PARTS OF THE WHARF CAUSED BY THE EXPLOSION OF THE NEPTUNA'S CARGO OF DEPTH CHARGES DURING THE JAPANESE AIR RAID ON 1942-02-
The SS Neptunia partly submerged, lying on port side. The transport ship was lost in the first Japanese air raid on, 19 February 1942. Her cargo of depth charges was detonated by a bomb that hit the
STARBOARD BOW VIEW OF THE AUSTRALIAN CARGO VESSEL BAROSSA, WHICH WAS HEAVILY DAMAGED IN THE FIRST JAPANESE AIR RAID ON DARWIN ON 1942-02-19. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION)
An unidentified sailor on board HMAS Platypus watches smoke bollowing from MV Neptuna after she was destroyed during the first Japanese air raid on Darwin. Forty five of the crew died as bombs explode
