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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 exploded in the saloon and engine room setting her on fire. As the crew prepared to abandon her, 200 tons of depth charges exploded before they had all reached safety, showering the harbour with debris and sending flames and smoke 100 metres into the air.
Smoke billows from a stricken ship, (probably the MV Neptuna which was moored near Stokes Hill Wharf) during the first Japanese air raid on Darwin. Loaded with 200 depth charges, Neptuna and blew up
Smoke billowing from a floating dock (left) and MV Zealandia (right) after she was attacked by Japanese aircraft during the first air raid on Darwin. Two crew members died from wounds sustained in the
DARWIN, NT. C.1942-09-20. LOOKING SEAWARDS, THE 150 FOOT GAP IN THE PIER, CAUSED BY THE EXPLOSION OF THE NEPTUNA WITH HER CARGO OF DEPTH CHARGES DURING THE JAPANESE AIR RAID. IN THE LEFT BACKGROUND IS
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 RECEI
Looking from the bow of the Bathurst Class Corvette, HMAS Warrnambool (J202), towards His Majesty's Australian Transport, Zealandia as it burns near Neptuna Dock after the first Japanese air raid on D
DARWIN, NT. 1942-02-20. THE HARBOUR, SHOWING THE DAMAGE TO THE WHARF CAUSED BY THE EXPLOSION OF THE DEPTH CHARGES CARRIED BY THE NEPTUNA DURING THE JAPANESE AIR RAID. IT WAS STILL POSSIBLE TO OIL AND
