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1962: HMAS VAMPIRE [II] and QUICKMATCH on a goodwill Saigon which raised other speculation - Cliff Raatz.
2096. Apparently there was speculation at this time that the ships were taking soundings of the Saigon River to see whether it was navigable for ships such as HMAS SYDNEY [III]. Just scuttlebutt,of course.
Photo: Attributed to Cliff Raatz,it appears here with the kind assistance of Warrant Officer Martin Grogan, Curator HMAS CERBERUS Museum, and comes from Stephen Lewis's limited edition book 'voyages to Vietnam' [My Vietnam Trust, Adelaide 2004] p53.
WO Grogan contributed photographic material and some initial inspiration for the book. The website of the book 'Voyages To Vietnam' can be found here:
A three-part COMPENDIUM of 100 Photostream images of HMAS VAMPIRE [II] begins at Entry 5501, here:
www.flickr.com/photos/41311545@N05/6865664335/in/photostream
1962: HMAS VAMPIRE [II] and QUICKMATCH on a goodwill Saigon which raised other speculation - Cliff Raatz.
2096. Apparently there was speculation at this time that the ships were taking soundings of the Saigon River to see whether it was navigable for ships such as HMAS SYDNEY [III]. Just scuttlebutt,of course.
Photo: Attributed to Cliff Raatz,it appears here with the kind assistance of Warrant Officer Martin Grogan, Curator HMAS CERBERUS Museum, and comes from Stephen Lewis's limited edition book 'voyages to Vietnam' [My Vietnam Trust, Adelaide 2004] p53.
WO Grogan contributed photographic material and some initial inspiration for the book. The website of the book 'Voyages To Vietnam' can be found here:
A three-part COMPENDIUM of 100 Photostream images of HMAS VAMPIRE [II] begins at Entry 5501, here:
www.flickr.com/photos/41311545@N05/6865664335/in/photostream