THE ARMED MERCHANT CRUISER, HMAS WESTRALIA OF 8,108 TONS, WHICH WAS ARMED WITH SEVEN 6 INCH GUNS ...

Place Oceania: Australia, New South Wales, Sydney
Accession Number 065881
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white, Landscape
Physical description Black & white, Landscape
Maker Unknown
Place made Australia: New South Wales, Sydney
Date made 1940
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

THE ARMED MERCHANT CRUISER, HMAS WESTRALIA OF 8,108 TONS, WHICH WAS ARMED WITH SEVEN 6 INCH GUNS AND HAD A CRUISING SPEED OF 16 KNOTS. SHE WAS CONVERTED TO AN LSI (LANDING SHIP, INFANTRY) 1943-06.