Portrait of Captain J P Stevenson RAN, Commanding Officer of HMAS Melbourne, on the bridge of the ...

Place Asia: South China Sea
Accession Number P01878.002
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Film copy negative
Maker HMAS Melbourne
Date made 1969
Conflict Period 1960-1969
Copyright

Item copyright: Commonwealth of Australia copyright

Description

Portrait of Captain J P Stevenson RAN, Commanding Officer of HMAS Melbourne, on the bridge of the ship. The photograph was taken before the flagship was involved in a collison with the American destroyer USS Frank E Evans in the South China Sea.