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Princess Royal Fortress Military Museum > Records

Royal Australian Navy Fleet in South East Asian Waters Colour Promotional Print

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Royal Australian Navy

c. 1980

Overview

Official RAN issued colour promotional print showing fleet of 5 ships, (HMAS Melbourne, HMAS Supply, 2 DDGs, & a River Class DE) in South East Asian waters, with a Wessex helicopter flying overhead.

Details

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-12-2013.8.3

Item type

Themes

Material

Photographic Paper

Width

487 mm

Height or length

345 mm

Weight

46 g

Inscriptions and markings

“Fleet ships in South East Asian waters.” Printed bottom right.

Contextual Information

Official RAN promotional poster showing HMAS Melbourne, HMAS Supply, 2 DDGs, and a River Class DE in South East Asian waters, with a Wessex Helicopter flying overhead.

This promotional poster is 1 of a set of 4 believed to have originated from Garden Island Naval Base, Western Australia.

Keywords

Wessex Helicopter

Place made

Australia

Photograph taken over South East Asian waters.

Year

Primary significance criteria

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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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