Starboard side view of the Dutch transport Enggano (5142 tons) shortly before her departure for ...

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Accession Number 303275
Collection type Photograph
Object type Paper (Resin-coated), Silver Gelatin
Physical description Paper (Resin-coated), Silver Gelatin
Place made Australia: Western Australia, Fremantle
Date made 15 January 1942
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

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Description

Starboard side view of the Dutch transport Enggano (5142 tons) shortly before her departure for Java as part of convoy MS.1. She is carrying a deck cargo of trucks. She was sunk in Tjilatjap harbour by a Japanese naval bombardment on 5 March 1942. (Naval Historical Collection)