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Sept. 1942: The two sides of newly-completed HMAS QUICKMATCH. Port side - James Henry Cleet FRPS [1876 - 1959], IWM.
3384. Newly completed by J. Samuel White and Co.of Cowes, Isle of Wight, and about to be comissioned on loan into the RAN, the destroyer QUICKMATCH shows a surprising side to her.
It is this North Artlantic-Arctic ice floe pattern, which is rather differenty to that which we have previously seen on her starboard side.
In fact, we've never seen a camouflage pattern quite as white as this anywhere before.
In any event, the Kookaburra has again been moved to shift photos around so we can again see a previous starboard side photo of QUICKMATCH-Maru [as she came to be called in the RAN] from the starboard side, with the continuation of this original camouflage pattern.
Photo: James Henry Cleet FRPS [1876-1959], an official photographer to the British Ministry of Defence, his images are held in the Imperial War Museum. Credited to the RAN Historical Section, this photo appears in Michael Wilson's book 'Royal Australian Navy Profile No.2: Australian Submarines, Destroyers and Escorts'[Topmill, Sydney] p46.
Sept. 1942: The two sides of newly-completed HMAS QUICKMATCH. Port side - James Henry Cleet FRPS [1876 - 1959], IWM.
3384. Newly completed by J. Samuel White and Co.of Cowes, Isle of Wight, and about to be comissioned on loan into the RAN, the destroyer QUICKMATCH shows a surprising side to her.
It is this North Artlantic-Arctic ice floe pattern, which is rather differenty to that which we have previously seen on her starboard side.
In fact, we've never seen a camouflage pattern quite as white as this anywhere before.
In any event, the Kookaburra has again been moved to shift photos around so we can again see a previous starboard side photo of QUICKMATCH-Maru [as she came to be called in the RAN] from the starboard side, with the continuation of this original camouflage pattern.
Photo: James Henry Cleet FRPS [1876-1959], an official photographer to the British Ministry of Defence, his images are held in the Imperial War Museum. Credited to the RAN Historical Section, this photo appears in Michael Wilson's book 'Royal Australian Navy Profile No.2: Australian Submarines, Destroyers and Escorts'[Topmill, Sydney] p46.