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"Protector" Naval Gun [B 9666] • Photograph

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Summary

Six inch naval gun from HMAS "Protector " near the Esplanade at Semaphore. HMCS, later HMAS "Protector" was a flat-iron gunboat commissioned and purchased by the South Australian government in 1884 for the purpose of defending the local coastline against the "Russian scare" of the 1870's.

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Physical description

Photograph; 8.2 cm x 5.7 cm

Dates / Publication details

1936

Photographer

McKinnon, L. D

Collection

Part of Semaphore Collection

Subject

Protector (Ship)
Ordnance -- South Australia -- Semaphore

Catalogue record

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Digitisation information

Date

24/11/2005

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,210 x 2,239 pixels (7.2 MP)

Size

7.22 MB

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