FREMANTLE, WA. 1942-07-28. AERIAL STARBOARD SIDE VIEW OF THE BRITISH TROOPSHIP SS DEVONSHIRE ...

Place Oceania: Australia, Western Australia, Fremantle
Accession Number 303197
Collection type Photograph
Object type Paper (Resin-coated), Silver Gelatin
Physical description Paper (Resin-coated), Silver Gelatin
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

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Description

FREMANTLE, WA. 1942-07-28. AERIAL STARBOARD SIDE VIEW OF THE BRITISH TROOPSHIP SS DEVONSHIRE SHORTLY AFTER REPATRIATING AUSTRALIAN TROOPS FROM CEYLON AS PART OF THE SCHOONER CONVOY. THE DEVONSHIRE ALSO TRANSPORTED AUSTRALIAN TROOPS TO SINGAPORE ON TWO OCCASIONS IN EARLY 1942, BEING ESCORTED BY RAN VESSELS IN THE COURSE OF THOSE VOYAGES. NOTE THE COVERED 4 INCH AND 12 POUNDER GUNS AFT. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION)