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

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
Photographs
Themes
Defence > Navy
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
Hmas Anzac Iii
Place made
Victoria, Australia
Year
1996
Primary significance criteria
Historic significance
Social or spiritual significance
Comparative significance criteria
Interpretive capacity
Well provenanced
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Geotag
-37.842094012073, 144.9320877339
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Links to additional resources
https://seapower.navy.gov.au/hmas-anzac-iii
Last modified
Thursday, 28 November, 2024
Completeness
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Blessing Service HMAS ANZAC 18 May 1996
Blessing Service HMAS ANZAC 18 May 1996

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