HMAS Perth II D38 Postcard

c. 1965

Details

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-12-2009.8.2

Item type

Postcards

Themes

Defence > Navy

Material

Colored Paper

Width

140 mm

Height or length

89 mm

Weight

3 g

Inscriptions and markings

“H.M.A.S. PERTH (D 38) / H.M.A.S PERTH is named after the capital city / of the state of Western Australia and is the second ship to see service……She was commissioned at Boston on 17 July, 1965.”

Contextual Information

Colour postcard showing HMAS Perth (D38) sailing after being commissioned at Boston, Massachusetts, arriving in Perth WA on 4 March 1966.

Keywords

Hmas Perth

Postcard

Royal Australian Navy

Place made

San Diego
United States

Year

c. 1965

Primary significance criteria

Artistic or aesthetic significance

Social or spiritual 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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