EN0292 Accession Number: EN0292

Description

The light cruiser HMS Liverpool (far right, background) and the destroyer HMAS Yarra (left) at the Black Sea port. In October 1918 the six Australian destroyers finished patrolling the Adriatic Sea and went east with other Allied ships in response to a possible threat from Russian ships that had been given to the Germans. After patrols off the Turkish coast, HMAS Torrens and HMAS Yarra were sent to the Black Sea.

Details

Accession Number
EN0292
Photographer
Unknown
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Glass original half plate negative
Date Made
November 1918
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Lent by A Budger
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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