Place | Oceania: Australia, New South Wales, Sydney, Cockatoo Island |
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Accession Number | 305901 |
Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | 8x10", Paper (Resin-coated), Silver Gelatin, b&w |
Physical description | 8x10", Paper (Resin-coated), Silver Gelatin, b&w |
Maker |
RAN Historical Collection |
Place made | Australia: New South Wales, Sydney, Cockatoo Island |
Date made | February 1943 |
Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
Damage to the hull of the United States of American cargo vessel Peter H Burnett seen from the ...
Description
Damage to the hull of the United States of American cargo vessel Peter H Burnett seen from the bottom of Sutherland Dock, part of the Cockatoo Island Dockyard, in Sydney. The ship was torpedoed by the Japanese submarine I-21, 420 miles east of Sydney on 22 January 1943.