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Princess Royal Fortress Military Museum > Records

HMAS Perth II Ship Service Switchgear Group No.1S Sign

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United States Navy

c. 1965

Overview

A rectangular white plastic sign with black text with diagrams.

Details

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-12-2001.7.38

Item type

Themes

Material

Width

723 mm

Height or length

380 mm

Depth

2 mm

Weight

649 g

Inscriptions and markings

On front "SHIPS SERVICE POWER SWITCHGEAR GROUP NO.1S" with "THIS ENGINE ROOM / HAS JUST BEEN PAINTED! / CARE IS TO BE TAKEN / WHEN YOU ARE NEAR IT / NO GREASE MARKS ETC >" written in marker with "HARPO MARKS SUCKS / SPRUKS SHIT / (HARP)" written in pencil

Contextual information

HMAS Perth (II) was decommissioned in October 1999 and gifted to the City of Albany for a recreational dive wreck; being scuttled on 24 November 2001. Prior to the scuttling, the City removed objects as part of preparing an ‘on-shore’ interpretive centre as per the agreement conditions by the State Government of Western Australia.

Keywords

Royal Australian Navy

Princess Royal Fortress Military Museum

Place made

United States

Year

Primary significance criteria

Scientific or research significance

Comparative significance criteria

Interpretive capacity

Well provenanced

Google Maps search term / URL

https://maps.app.goo.gl/gWHZtRH1mm24SAjK8

Geotag

-35.030449, 117.912878
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Last modified

Monday, 12 January, 2026

Completeness

88

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