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Bass Strait passenger ship Nairana [B 68364] • Photograph

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Summary

Bass Strait passenger ship Nairana. Built for Bass Strait ferry operator Huddart Parker & Co. Ltd. of Melbourne during World War One, the Nairana was requisitioned by the Royal Navy and completed as a seaplane carrier, HMS Nairana. Serving from 1917 to 1920 participating in the capture of Archangel during the Bolshevik Revolution. After 1920 she was decommisioned as a seaplane carrier and returned to her Australian owners crossing Bass Strait until she was laid up in 1948.

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Physical description

Photograph; 7 cm x 11 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1926

Collection

Part of Ship Collection

Subject

Nairana (Ship)
Ships -- Tasmania

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Digitisation information

Date

01/05/2006

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

2,297 x 3,608 pixels (8.3 MP)

Size

24.90 MB

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