Aerial port side view of the 8,237 ton Netherlands tanker Manvantara, which was bombed and sunk ...

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Accession Number 303582
Collection type Photograph
Object type Paper (Resin-coated), Silver Gelatin
Physical description Paper (Resin-coated), Silver Gelatin
Maker Department of Defence Naval Historical Section
Place made At sea
Date made 19 August 1941
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Aerial port side view of the 8,237 ton Netherlands tanker Manvantara, which was bombed and sunk by Japanese aircraft in the Banka Strait on 13 February 1942, while attempting to escape from Palembang.