Ca. 1930s: HMAS VOYAGER [I] going about in Melbourne - A.C. Green [1878-1954], SLV.

6180. Another sequential image - that is, it is very similar to one taken at the same ime, and which we've shown earlier, HMAS VOYAGER [I] was from the generation of destroyers that replaced the 'S' and 'T' Class shown in preceding images.

 

Of course they were to become famous as the Scrap Iron Flotiulla in the Mediterranean, but - already aging - were pretty much worn out by this service. And VOYAGER [I], as is well known, was lost in late September 1942, grounded at Betano Bay on a mission into Japanese Occupied Timor.

 

The Admiralty 'V' and 'W' Class destroyers were 1,530 tons standard, and 2.035 full load, a

significant increase on the 1,075 ton 'S' Class that preceded them in RAN service.

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Photo: Allan Charles Green [1878-1954], Green Collection, State Library of Victoria [La Trobe Library] accession NO. H91.108/2336, publicly released.

 

 

 

 

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