Torpedo overhaul on HMAS Napier

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Accession Number ART23164
Collection type Art
Measurement Overall: 31 x 45.6 cm
Object type Work on paper
Physical description crayon with blue and brown wash on paper
Maker Hodgkinson, Roy
Place made Ceylon: Colombo
Date made 1945
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Royal Australian Navy, Admiralty Engineer Overseer; l-r: two unidentified Tamil boys employed as 'boiler boys' by Admiralty Engineer Overseer to help clean boilers, red-leading, painting and general cleaning, Able Seaman V, RANR, replacing cover plate, Bosun's Mate A B Menzies, RANR, passing behind torpedo, Leading Seaman N Hutchinson, RAN, replacing the gyro, Petty H D Stringer, RAN, holding a cover plate, and Able Seaman L Clark, RAN, turning the torpedo's screws to work oil through the engine