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Circa 1944: Probably in Army service, ex-HMAS KING BAY parked on a beach - Photo RAN.

4839. In Army service, the 237grt ex-HMAS KING BAY was designated AV708. Resting, as designed, high on a northern Australian tidal beach here, she demonstrates her foolproof inshore anti-submarine defenses.

 

Photo: RAN, it appeared in Ross Giullett's book 'Australian and New Zealand Warships 1914-1945 [Doubleday Australia, 1983] p194.

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Uploaded on August 14, 2011