DARWIN, NT. 1942-02-19. THE HARBOUR DURING THE JAPANESE AIR RAID. THE CORVETTE KATOOMBA IS IN THE ...

Place Oceania: Australia, Northern Territory, Darwin
Accession Number 304977
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

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Description

DARWIN, NT. 1942-02-19. THE HARBOUR DURING THE JAPANESE AIR RAID. THE CORVETTE KATOOMBA IS IN THE DRYDOCK AT LEFT. IN THE BACKGROUND THE TANKER BRITISH MOTORIST IS BURNING AND SINKING BY THE BOW. TO THE RIGHT IS ONE OF THE AUXILIARY MINESWEEPERS USED AS WATER CARRIERS, EITHER HMAS TOLGA OR HMAS TERKA. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION).