A number of Dan-Buoys being loaded aboard the auxiliary minesweeper HMAS Orara on completion of a ...

Place Approximate locations: At sea
Accession Number 003950/02
Collection type Photograph
Object type Negative
Maker Bottomley, Clifford
Place made Australia: Victoria, Bass Strait
Date made c November 1940
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

A number of Dan-Buoys being loaded aboard the auxiliary minesweeper HMAS Orara on completion of a sweep for enemy mines. The Dan-buoys At Sea - Off the Australian Coast. Dan buoys, used to mark off areas that had been swept free of mines, being loaded aboard the minesweeper HMAS Orara.