1941-08-01. PORT QUARTER VIEW OF THE CRUISER HMAS SYDNEY (II) (EX HMS PHAETON) WITH HER AIRCRAFT ...

Place Oceania: Australia, New South Wales, Sydney
Accession Number 301409
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Department of Information
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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1941-08-01. PORT QUARTER VIEW OF THE CRUISER HMAS SYDNEY (II) (EX HMS PHAETON) WITH HER AIRCRAFT EMBARKED. NOTE THE SINGLE 4 INCH AA GUNS AMIDSHIPS, WHICH DISTINGUISHED THE SYDNEY FROM HER TWO SISTERS HOBART AND PERTH NOTE THE CAMOUFLAGE SCHEME, THE COLOURS OF WHICH ARE PROBABLY 507A (THE DARKER GREY) AND 507C. IT IS ALMOST IDENTICAL ON THE STARBOARD SIDE. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION)