Survivors of the RAN Daring class destroyer HMAS Voyager rest on rows of stretchers in the hangar ...

Accession Number NAVY15890
Collection type Photograph
Object type Negative
Maker RAN Public Relations
Place made Australia: Jervis Bay
Date made 10 February 1964
Conflict Period 1960-1969
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Description

Survivors of the RAN Daring class destroyer HMAS Voyager rest on rows of stretchers in the hangar of the aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne, after a collision on the night of 10 February 1964. HMAS Voyager was sunk in the collision with the Melbourne off Jervis Bay, which claimed the lives of 82 crew members of the Voyager. (Same image as 305893 Naval Historical Collection).

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