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Circa 1956: HMAS QUICKMATCH and the First Frigate Squadron in Melbourne's Yarra River - Photo RAN.
4267. HMAS QUICKMATCH is seen here mid-stream in Melbourne's Yarra River in the mid-1950s when three ships of the First Frigate Squadron were present [HMAS QUIBERON's conversion was not completed until 1957]. This is a wonderfully detail high-resolution image up large, and the venerablke Melbourne tugboat KEERA is standing by alongside QUICKMATCH.
The image is an obvious companion to one presented earlier at pic NO. 2685, in which all three ships can be seen. It's here:
www.flickr.com/photos/41311545@N05/4881924305/
We've been unable to ascertain what brought the three frigates of the First Frigate Flotilla together in Melbourne around this time.
Photo: RAN Historical, Heritage Collection image ID NO. 01049.
Circa 1956: HMAS QUICKMATCH and the First Frigate Squadron in Melbourne's Yarra River - Photo RAN.
4267. HMAS QUICKMATCH is seen here mid-stream in Melbourne's Yarra River in the mid-1950s when three ships of the First Frigate Squadron were present [HMAS QUIBERON's conversion was not completed until 1957]. This is a wonderfully detail high-resolution image up large, and the venerablke Melbourne tugboat KEERA is standing by alongside QUICKMATCH.
The image is an obvious companion to one presented earlier at pic NO. 2685, in which all three ships can be seen. It's here:
www.flickr.com/photos/41311545@N05/4881924305/
We've been unable to ascertain what brought the three frigates of the First Frigate Flotilla together in Melbourne around this time.
Photo: RAN Historical, Heritage Collection image ID NO. 01049.