AWM Collection Record: 305901

AWM image 305901

ID Number: 305901
Maker: RAN Historical Collection
Place made: Australia: New South Wales, Sydney Cockatoo Island
Date made: February 1943
Physical description: Black & white
Summary: Damage to the hull of the United States of American cargo vessel Peter H Burnett seen from the bottom of Sutherland Dock, part of the Cockatoo Island Dockyard, in Sydney. The ship was torpedoed by the Japanese submarine I-21, 420 miles east of Sydney on 22 January 1943.
Copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
Copyright holder: Copyright Expired
Related unit: Merchant ships
Related place: Australia: New South Wales, Sydney Cockatoo Island
Related conflict: Second World War, 1939-1945

Last-Modified: Tue, 07 Oct 2008 18:12:07 GMT

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