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HMAS Perth II 'Gas Actuated' Gauge

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United States Navy

c. 1965

Overview

Round white-faced dial with black needle 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-12-2001.7.51

Item type

Accessories

Themes

Defence > Navy

Material

Glass

Ink

Metal

Paper

Width

115 mm

Height or length

115 mm

Depth

105 mm

Weight

666 g

Inscriptions and markings

On front "GAS ACTUATED / SN 5716 / MD2-1-35-3 MADE IN U.S.A." with "Department of Defence / CALIBRATED / REFER TO REPORT / Initials PD / Date Due 06/01" on sticker. On back "17 / 02846"

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. 1965

Primary significance criteria

Scientific or research significance

Comparative significance criteria