HMAS Perth II Gas Actuated Gauge

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

Details

Registration number
cwa-org-12-2001.7.11
Item type
Themes
Material
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.

Place made
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
Last modified
Friday, 9 January, 2026
Completeness
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HMAS Perth II Gas Actuated Gauge

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