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Princess Royal Fortress Military Museum > Records

HMAS Dechaineux Cap

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Royal Australian Navy

c. 2000

Overview

New black baseball style cap with insignia of “HMAS DECHAINEUX” embroidered on front along with 2 dolphins, the royal crown and “SSG 76” in gold and red thread. On the side of cap another crown is embroidered in various colours and under it the “ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY” patch with anchor all in gold thread.

Historical information

Uniform basketball style cap of “HMAS DECHAINEUX SSG 76”; a Collins Class submarine which is based in Western Australia.

Details

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Registration number

cwa-org-12-2014.5.1

Item type

Themes

Material

Width

190 mm

Height or length

120 mm

Depth

245 mm

Weight

85 g

Inscriptions and markings

HMAS DECHAINEUX / SSG 76 / ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY”

Keywords

Royal Australian Navy

HMAS Dechaineux

Place made

China

Year

Primary significance criteria

Historic significance

Comparative significance criteria

Object’s condition or completeness

Well provenanced

Google Maps search term / URL

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

Geotag

-35.030449, 117.912878

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