SYDNEY, NSW. 1943. STERN VIEW OF THE HOSPITAL SHIP CENTAUR. NOTE THE PROMINENT RED CROSS ON HER ...

Place Oceania: Australia, New South Wales, Sydney
Accession Number 302799
Collection type Photograph
Object type 6x8", Paper (Fibre-based), Silver Gelatin
Physical description 6x8", Paper (Fibre-based), Silver Gelatin
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

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Description

SYDNEY, NSW. 1943. STERN VIEW OF THE HOSPITAL SHIP CENTAUR. NOTE THE PROMINENT RED CROSS ON HER STERN AND GREEN LINE ON HER HULL. THE CENTAUR WAS TORPEDOED AND SUNK WITH HEAVY LOSS OF LIFE BY A JAPANESE SUBMARINE ON 1943-05-14. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION)