EN0263 Accession Number: EN0263

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A seaplane or flying boat alights to deliver a message to an Australian destroyer on patrol duty. (See EN0264, EN0246.) The six ships of the Australian destroyer flotilla (HMAS Yarra, Parramatta, Torrens, Swan, Warrego and Huon) patrolled the Adriatic to stop the movement of enemy submarines between September 1917 and October 1918.

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Accession Number
EN0263
Photographer
Unknown
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Glass original half plate negative
Date Made
1918
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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