The light cruiser HMAS Melbourne, well camouflaged with 'dazzle' camouflage, lying at anchor off ...

Place Europe: United Kingdom, Scotland
Accession Number EN0154
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Glass original half plate negative
Maker Unknown
Place made Atlantic Ocean: North Sea
Date made January 1918
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

The light cruiser HMAS Melbourne, well camouflaged with 'dazzle' camouflage, lying at anchor off Charlestown, Scotland. In the distance are the minelayer HMS Angora and the minesweeping sloop HMAS Marguerite (one of the first specifically designed minesweepers to serve in the RAN).