EN0320
Photograph EN0320 Period 1910-1919The destroyer HMAS Parramatta after leaving dry dock. Note the number 55 painted on her side. She left England on 6 March 1919 with three of the other five Australian destroyers and HMAS Melbourne;
EN0287 Accession Number: EN0287
Description
The destroyer HMAS Torrens alongside the wharf. She left England on 15 February 1919 and reached Darwin, her first Australian landfall, on 26 April in company with HMAS Melbourne and the other five ships of the destroyer flotilla.
Details
Accession Number
EN0287
Photographer
Unknown
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Glass original half plate negative
Date Made
1919
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Lent by A Budger
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain
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