WILLIAMSTOWN, VIC. STERN VIEW OF THE COAST DEFENCE TURRET SHIP HMVS CERBERUS IN THE ALFRED ...

Place Oceania: Australia, Victoria, Melbourne, Williamstown
Accession Number 300531
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict Australian Colonial Forces, 1854-1900
Copyright

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Description

WILLIAMSTOWN, VIC. STERN VIEW OF THE COAST DEFENCE TURRET SHIP HMVS CERBERUS IN THE ALFRED DRYDOCK. THE PHOTOGRAPH WAS TAKEN BETWEEN 1875, WHEN THE DOCK OPENED, AND 1879, WHEN THE SHIP'S TWO POLE MASTS WERE REPLACED BY A SINGLE MILITARY MAST. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION)