DESTROYER (FLOTILLA LEADER) HMAS STUART IN SYDNEY HARBOUR SHOWING HER PORT FORWARD VIEW. STUART ...

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Accession Number 134899
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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Description

DESTROYER (FLOTILLA LEADER) HMAS STUART IN SYDNEY HARBOUR SHOWING HER PORT FORWARD VIEW. STUART SERVED IN THE MEDITERRANEAN DURING THE EARLY DAYS OF WW2 TAKING PART IN TWO FULL-SCALE BATTLES AT CALABRIA AND MATAPAN. IN THE LATTER BATTLE SHE HEAVILY DAMAGED ITALIAN CRUISERS AND DESTROYERS.