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Colour photograph of crew during Blessing Service of HMAS Anzac III
1996Overview
Colour photograph showing crew members during the Blessing Service of HMAS Anzac III.
Historical information
HMAS Anzac III (FFH 150) was launched on 16 September 1994 by Lieutenant Colonel V. Statham, better known as Vivian Bullwinkle, and commissioned on 18 May 1996. The first of 10 Anzac Class frigates she was built by Tenix Defence Systems at Williamstown in Victoria. HMAS Anzac’s motto is “United We Stand” and she was the ‘First Lady of the Fleet”, being the oldest ship in the fleet between15 June 2023 and her decommissioning on 18 May 2024.
Details
Details
Registration number
cwa-org-12-1996.6.7
Item type
Material
Width
250 mm
Height or length
200 mm
Weight
12 g
Inscriptions and markings
+"18 May 1996" on reverse.
Contextual Information
HMAS Anzac was commissioned at the Station Pier at Port Melbourne, Victoria on 18 May 1996.
Place made
Victoria
Australia
Australia
Year
Primary significance criteria
Artistic or aesthetic significance
Historic significance
Social or spiritual significance
Comparative significance criteria
Interpretive capacity
Well provenanced
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Geotag
-35.030449, 117.912878
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Crew during the Blessing Service for HMAS ANZAC III
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