OFF PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-08-30. SHATTERED FITTINGS ON THE PROMENADE DECK OF M.V. MALAITA ...

Place Oceania: New Guinea1, Papua New Guinea, Papua, Port Moresby
Accession Number 026457
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Fisher, Thomas
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

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Description

OFF PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-08-30. SHATTERED FITTINGS ON THE PROMENADE DECK OF M.V. MALAITA CAUSED WHEN SHE WAS TORPEDOED BY AN ENEMY SUBMARINE OFF PORT MORESBY. THE VESSEL WAS TOWED INTO PORT NEXT DAY.