RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-09-30. THREE PUMPS OPERATED BY COMMONWEALTH SALVAGE BOARD PERSONNEL ...

Places	Oceania: Pacific Islands, Bismarck Archipelago, New Britain Oceania: Pacific Islands, Bismarck Archipelago, New Britain, Gazelle Peninsula, Rabaul Area, Rabaul Oceania: Pacific Islands, Bismarck Archipelago, New Britain, Gazelle Peninsula, Rabaul Area, Rabaul, Simpson Harbour
Accession Number	097428
Collection type	Photograph
Object type	Black & white
Physical description	Black & white
Conflict	Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright	Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain

Description

RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-09-30. THREE PUMPS OPERATED BY COMMONWEALTH SALVAGE BOARD PERSONNEL FROM THE SALVAGE SHIP CAMBRIAN SALVOR, PUMPING WATER AT THE RATE OF EIGHTEEN HUNDRED TONS PER HOUR FROM THE HOLD OF THE JAPANESE TANKER NO. 5301 WHICH WAS DAMAGED IN SIMPSON HARBOUR TWELVE MONTHS EARLIER BY ALLIED BOMBING.