COCKATOO ISLAND, NSW. 1943-12. DETAIL VIEW OF THE CRUISER HMAS HOBART (I) UNDER REPAIR IN ...

Place Oceania: Australia, New South Wales, Sydney, Cockatoo Island
Accession Number 300784
Collection type Photograph
Object type Acetate, Silver Gelatin
Physical description Acetate, Silver Gelatin
Maker Hall & Co
Place made Australia: New South Wales, Sydney, Cockatoo Island
Date made August 1943 - December 1944
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

COCKATOO ISLAND, NSW. 1943-12. DETAIL VIEW OF THE CRUISER HMAS HOBART (I) UNDER REPAIR IN SUTHERLAND DOCK AFTER SUSTAINING TORPEDO DAMAGE. THE PHOTOGRAPH IS TAKEN FROM THE PORT SIDE LOOKING TO STARBOARD. THE STERN SECTION, ON THE RIGHT, HAS BEEN SEPARATED FROM THE REST OF THE SHIP AT X MOUNTING, THE BARBETTE OF WHICH CAN BE SEEN ON THE LEFT. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION)