The Australian Navy aircraft carrier Melbourne (1945) moored at Singapore from on board the Royal Navy commando carrier Bulwark (1948)
A port near broadside view, taken from just ahead of the beam, of the Australian Navy aircraft carrier Melbourne (1945) at moorings at Singapore. Her pendant number is 21. The photographer is on the island superstructure of the Royal Navy commando carrier Bulwark (1948) and Royal Marine commandos are lined up on her flight deck for procedure Alpha as she is bound out for exercise Bersatu Padu in Malaysian waters.
Object Details
| ID: | PM7916/9A |
|---|---|
| Type: | Roll film negative |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Wettern, Desmond Robert French |
| Vessels: | Melbourne (1945); Bulwark (1948) |
| Date made: | June 1970 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wettern Collection |
| Measurements: | Film length: 35 mm x 190 mm;Frame: 35 mm x 38 mm |
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