Description
Local men and women carry large baskets of coal on their heads while coaling HMAS Melbourne at the port in the Windward Islands. With HMAS Sydney, the Melbourne carried out alternate patrols of the Caribbean (based in Jamaica) and the Norath Atlantic off Long Island (based at Halifax) between 1915 and 1916, as part of the North American and Wesi Indies Squadron.
Details
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Glass original half plate negative
Credit Line
Donor Stoker C Cootes
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain
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