EN0277 Accession Number: EN0277

Description

Unidentified seamen aboard the destroyer HMAS Torrens. After carrying out patrol duties in the Adriatic Sea between October 1917 and October 1918, the Torrens and the other five ships of the Australian destroyer flotilla were sent east in response to the German acquisition of several ships of the Russian Black Sea Fleet.

Details

Accession Number
EN0277
Photographer
Unknown
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Glass original half plate negative
Date Made
18 November 1918
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Lent by J M Benjamin
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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