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HMAS Perth II Emergency Eye Wash Sign

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Royal Australian Navy

c. 1990

Overview

Curved green and white printed sign depicting a face with water being strayed from sink from two (2) nozzles.

Details

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-12-2001.7.46

Item type

Themes

Material

Width

300 mm

Height or length

400 mm

Depth

1 mm

Weight

541 g

Inscriptions and markings

"EMERGENCY / EYE WASH / E501 G4F7"

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

ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY

Princess Royal Fortress Military Museum

Place made

Australia

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

Geotag

-35.030449, 117.912878
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Last modified

Monday, 12 January, 2026

Completeness

88

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