RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN, 1946-01-30. A PREFABRICATED FLOATING DOCK, 400 TONS, WAS ASSEMBLED BY 13 ...

Place Oceania: Pacific Islands, Bismarck Archipelago, New Britain, Gazelle Peninsula, Rabaul Area, Rabaul
Accession Number 099701
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

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Description

RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN, 1946-01-30. A PREFABRICATED FLOATING DOCK, 400 TONS, WAS ASSEMBLED BY 13 WATER TRANSPORT WORKSHOPS, CORPS OF AUSTRALIAN ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL ENGINEERS, AT RABAUL. PARTS FOR THE UNIT WERE MADE IN AUSTRALIA. SHOWN, A VESSEL OF 13 SMALL SHIPS COMPANY IN THE DOCK BEING MADE READY FOR SCRAPING OF ITS HULL.