DARWIN, NT. 1942-02-19. SEEN FROM HMAS PLATYPUS, A BOMB EXPLODES ASHORE DURING THE JAPANESE AIR ...

Place Oceania: Australia, Northern Territory, Darwin
Accession Number 304988
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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Description

DARWIN, NT. 1942-02-19. SEEN FROM HMAS PLATYPUS, A BOMB EXPLODES ASHORE DURING THE JAPANESE AIR RAID. IN THE CENTRE IS THE DRY DOCK CONTAINING THE CORVETTE HMAS KATOOMBA. TO THE LEFT THE SLOOP HMAS SWAN CAN BE SEEN ALONGSIDE THE WHARF. TO THE RIGHT IS THE CORVETTE HMAS DELORAINE AND THE AMERICAN TRANSPORT MAUNA LOA. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION)