Aerial starboard side view of the aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne (II) (R21) and the destroyers ...

Accession Number 301014
Collection type Photograph
Object type Acetate, Silver Gelatin
Physical description Acetate, Silver Gelatin
Maker Department of Defence Naval Historical Section
Place made At sea
Date made c. 1959
Conflict Period 1950-1959
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Aerial starboard side view of the aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne (II) (R21) and the destroyers HMAS Vendetta (II) (D08) and Voyager (II) (D04). On the carrier's flight two Gannet anti submarine aircraft are spotted forward with another to port abreast the island. Three Sea Venom fighters are spotted aft of the island. A few years later in 1964, Voyager was sunk in a collision with the Melbourne.