View over the 8-inch guns and towards the bow of the RAN cruiser HMAS Canberra, as the ship moves ...

Place Oceania: Australia, New South Wales
Accession Number P01862.003
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Place made Australia: Jervis Bay
Date made August 1935
Conflict Period 1930-1939
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

View over the 8-inch guns and towards the bow of the RAN cruiser HMAS Canberra, as the ship moves into action stations during training and speed trials. The vessel was part of His Majesty's Australian Squadron which was undertaking a spring cruise around Australia and in the waters of New Guinea and other Pacific islands. (Original print held in AWM Archive Store)