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HMAS Perth II Gas Actuated Gauge

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Royal Australian Navy

c. 1990

Overview

Round white-faced dial with black and red needles and text sealed behind glass and grey set with a metal connector protruding from back. Has three (3) holed fixing points located at 12, 4 and 8 on back.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-12-2001.7.11

Item type

Accessories

Themes

Defence > Navy

Material

Glass

Ink

Metal

Paper

Width

114 mm

Height or length

114 mm

Depth

84 mm

Weight

665 g

Inscriptions and markings

On front "GAS ACTUATED / MG2-2-35-3 / MADE IN U.S.A." with sticker "QAR / DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE / CALIBRATED / REFER TO REPORT / Initials JM / Date 18/6/99 / Serial No. 9/99-10 / Date Due 6-00 / AA 430 (I 11/87)".

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. 1990

Primary significance criteria

Scientific or research significance

Comparative significance criteria