EN0243 Accession Number: EN0243

Description

Unidentified seamen cleaning torpedoes on board the destroyer HMAS Swan at a port in Albania. With the other five Australian destroyers, HMAS Swan was engaged in patrols of the Adriatic Sea in 1917-1918.

Details

Accession Number
EN0243
Photographer
Unknown
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Glass original half plate negative
Date Made
1918
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Lent by Seaman Setchue
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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Accession EN0243

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