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Colour photograph of HMAS Anzac’s blessing service, 18 May 1996

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Royal Australian Navy

1996

Overview

Colour photograph of blessing service of HMAS Anzac on Station Pier at Point Melbourne, Victoria .

Historical information

MAS Anzac III (FFH 150) was launched on 16 September 1994 by Lieutenant Colonel V. Statham, better known as Vivian Bullwinkle, and commissioned on 18 May 1996. The first of 10 Anzac Class frigates she was built by Tenix Defence Systems at Williamstown in Victoria. HMAS Anzac’s motto is “United We Stand” and she was the ‘First Lady of the Fleet”, being the oldest ship in the fleet between 15 June 2023 and her decommissioning on 18 May 2024.

Details

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-12-1996.6.6

Item type

Themes

Material

Photographic Paper

Width

250 mm

Height or length

200 mm

Weight

12 g

Inscriptions and markings

"18 May 1996" on reverse

Contextual Information

HMAS Anzac was commissioned at the Station Pier at Port Melbourne, Victoria on 18 May 1996.

Keywords

Blessing Service

Royal Australian Navy

Place made

Victoria, Australia

Year

Primary significance criteria

Historic significance

Social or spiritual significance

Comparative significance criteria

Interpretive capacity

Well provenanced

Google Maps search term / URL

https://maps.app.goo.gl/gWHZtRH1mm24SAjK8

Geotag

-37.842094012073, 144.9320877339

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World War 1, Australia Western Australia, BOTTLE, HAYES, Australian Army Nursing Service, 1914 (1.68km away)

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Links to additional resources

https://seapower.navy.gov.au/hmas-anzac-iii

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Blessing Service HMAS ANZAC 18 May 1996

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