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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 This item is in the Public Domain |
Torpedo overhaul on HMAS Napier
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