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Circa 1951-1954: HMAS AUSTRALIA [II] detail, Hobart - Archives Office of Tasmania, SLT.
3137. LARGE SIZE HIGH-RESOLUTION IMAGE. The first of two photos shown from seemingly mundane angle, they improve markedly when viewed large, as the resolution is so good.
They should perhaps have been placed with the midships detail image shown at pic NO. 3055 , but were discovered later in a separate portfolio. This is image 3055:
www.flickr.com/photos/41311545@N05/5033186280/
AN ACCIDENT. Here is another stellar moment in the RAN's rather long history of unfortunate accidents. On October 20, 1947, off Shanghai, RAN Flagship HMAS AUSTRALIA held a fireworks display to celebrate the wedding of Princess Elizabeth and HRH The Duke of Ediburgh. Sadly, an explosion took place which ignited all the standby rockets. LCDR F.D. Shaw and Commissioned Gunnery Officer Mr A.A. Andrews were both badly burned, while P.O. Joe Felton and several sailor received minor burns. From M.A. Payne's HMAS AUSTRALIA 1928-1955 [Naval Historical Society of Australia] p174.
A MISFORTUNE: QUARANTINED. On November 29, 1949, after exercises along the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea, HMAS AUSTRALIA [II] arrived in Port Moresby with a number of mumps, measles and rubella patients on board, and as a result was quarantined when she arrived, for a period of 12 days after the diagnosis of the last case, a great disappointment to the young ratings and national servicemen aboard. Port authorities were most kind, however, and made Manubada Island nearby a temporary quarantine station, and erected a native shelter for crew members taking receation there - from M.A. Payne's 'HMAS Australia, 1928-1955' [Naval Historical Society of Australia] p179.
Photo: Archives Office of Tasmania, Teaching Aids Centre Collection, State Library of Tasmania [W.L. Crowther Library. Image ID: AB713-1-3173. Released image.
A three-part COMPENDIUM of links to more than 200 HMAS AUSTRALIA [II] images on this Photostream begins at Pic Entry NO 5412, here:
www.flickr.com/photos/41311545@N05/6627997309/in/photostream
Circa 1951-1954: HMAS AUSTRALIA [II] detail, Hobart - Archives Office of Tasmania, SLT.
3137. LARGE SIZE HIGH-RESOLUTION IMAGE. The first of two photos shown from seemingly mundane angle, they improve markedly when viewed large, as the resolution is so good.
They should perhaps have been placed with the midships detail image shown at pic NO. 3055 , but were discovered later in a separate portfolio. This is image 3055:
www.flickr.com/photos/41311545@N05/5033186280/
AN ACCIDENT. Here is another stellar moment in the RAN's rather long history of unfortunate accidents. On October 20, 1947, off Shanghai, RAN Flagship HMAS AUSTRALIA held a fireworks display to celebrate the wedding of Princess Elizabeth and HRH The Duke of Ediburgh. Sadly, an explosion took place which ignited all the standby rockets. LCDR F.D. Shaw and Commissioned Gunnery Officer Mr A.A. Andrews were both badly burned, while P.O. Joe Felton and several sailor received minor burns. From M.A. Payne's HMAS AUSTRALIA 1928-1955 [Naval Historical Society of Australia] p174.
A MISFORTUNE: QUARANTINED. On November 29, 1949, after exercises along the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea, HMAS AUSTRALIA [II] arrived in Port Moresby with a number of mumps, measles and rubella patients on board, and as a result was quarantined when she arrived, for a period of 12 days after the diagnosis of the last case, a great disappointment to the young ratings and national servicemen aboard. Port authorities were most kind, however, and made Manubada Island nearby a temporary quarantine station, and erected a native shelter for crew members taking receation there - from M.A. Payne's 'HMAS Australia, 1928-1955' [Naval Historical Society of Australia] p179.
Photo: Archives Office of Tasmania, Teaching Aids Centre Collection, State Library of Tasmania [W.L. Crowther Library. Image ID: AB713-1-3173. Released image.
A three-part COMPENDIUM of links to more than 200 HMAS AUSTRALIA [II] images on this Photostream begins at Pic Entry NO 5412, here:
www.flickr.com/photos/41311545@N05/6627997309/in/photostream