A formal photograph of the crew of HMS Sussex (1928)

A formal photograph of the crew with the Duke of Gloucester on board the heavy cruiser HMS Sussex (1928). The ship is alongside a quay, possibly at Sydney, Australia. The photograph was taken from the bows looking back towards the bridge and superstructure. The top of the mast is out of the image. Crew are in tiered rows on the deck, as well as standing on A and B gun turrets, and the bridges and platforms of the forward superstructure. Two large life rings with HMS SUSSEX on them have been placed at an angle on the two anchor cable holders with the capstan in between. A wooded hillside can be seen in the distance on the right.

HMS Sussex with the Duke of Gloucester on board arrived in Sydney on 22 November 1934 and finally departed for the Lord Howe Islands on 8 February 1935.

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ID:	ALB1214.119
Type:	Photographic print
Display location:	Not on display
Date made:	1934; 1934-1935
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements:	Overall: 218 mm x 306 mm
Parts:	Royal Tour of Duke of Gloucester on HMS Sussex, 1934-1935 (Photograph album) Captain Cook's cottage (Photographic print) (ALB1214.103) A formal photograph of the crew of HMS Sussex (1928) (Photographic print) (ALB1214.119) HMS Sussex's Royal Marine and Maori tug-of-war teams (Photographic print) (ALB1214.158) Waitangi flag staff at Waitangi Treaty Grounds (Photographic print) (ALB1214.162) Four Maori women standing by a vent at Rotorua (Photographic print) (ALB1214.182) A Solomon Islander sitting on the bow of a canoe drawn up on a beach at Faisi. (Photographic print) (ALB1214.229) Four men in a Solomon Island outrigger canoe (Photographic print) (ALB1214.230) A half-length photographic portrait of an Australian Aboriginal woman (Photographic print) (ALB1214.236)

A formal photograph of the crew of HMS Sussex (1928)

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