At sea off the Gallipoli Peninsula. Four boat loads of Australian troops being towed towards ...

Place Middle East: Ottoman Empire, Turkey, Dardanelles, Gallipoli, Anzac Area (Gallipoli), Anzac Beaches Area, Anzac Beach
Accession Number P02194.004
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Film copy negative
Maker Bowman, Reginald McDougall
Date made 25 April 1915
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

At sea off the Gallipoli Peninsula. Four boat loads of Australian troops being towed towards Anzac Beach, early on the morning of the landing, pass a British destroyer. The British Large Cruiser, HMS Bacchante, which was providing close inshore support is in the distance beyond the boats. The distinctive four funnels of HMS Bacchante earned her the nickname, 'packet of Woodbines' (a brand of cigarettes).