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HMAS Perth II Naval Sea System Command Junction Box

Henschel Corporation
c. 1965
Details

Details

Registration number
cwa-org-12-2001.7.53
Item type
Accessories
Themes
Defence > Navy
Material
Brass
Metal
Width
120 mm
Height or length
140 mm
Depth
80 mm
Weight
1050 g
Inscriptions and markings

On front "BELL TYPE 1C/B1S4 / N.S.N. 6350-00-295-2682 / VOLTS 115, HZ. 60, AMPS. .05 / NAVAL SEA SYSTEMS COMMAND / HENSCHEL CORPORATION / INSP CONTR DSA-40C./ 4 G-860" on plaque on front with "HCF / 0000-S6504-7390 on front. "STRESS / RELIEVED" printed on back.

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
Hmas Perth Ii
Royal Australian Navy
Albany
Princess Royal Fortress Military Museum
Place made
United States
Year
c. 1965
Primary significance criteria
Scientific or research significance
Comparative significance criteria
Interpretive capacity
Well provenanced
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HMAS Perth II Naval Sea System Command Junction Box

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