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Princess Royal Fortress Military Museum > Records

HMAS Perth II Lamp (part of)

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Modern Metal MFG Co.

c. 1965

Details

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-12-2001.7.15

Item type

Themes

Material

Width

153 mm

Height or length

250 mm

Depth

153 mm

Weight

3339 g

Inscriptions and markings

On top "MODERN METAL MFG CO NY. NY / 815-1197117-REV 8"

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

New York, New York, 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

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