File:HMAS Albatross 1929 AWM 200120.jpeg

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Description AWM caption : "SYDNEY, NSW. 1929-01. PORT QUARTER VIEW OF THE SEAPLANE CARRIER HMAS ALBATROSS. SHE WAS BUILT AT COCKATOO ISLAND DOCKYARD, SYDNEY, LAUNCHED ON 1928-02-21 AND COMMISSIONED ON 1929-01-23. IN THIS PHOTOGRAPH SHE FLIES NO ENSIGN INDICATING THAT IT MAY HAVE BEEN TAKEN PRIOR TO HER COMMISSIONING. SHE HAD A CAPACITY TO CARRY NINE VICKERS SUPERMARINE SEAGULL MARK III AMPHIBIAN AIRCRAFT BUT DURING HER RAN SERVICE SHE USUALLY CARRIED ONLY SIX. ALBATROSS PARTICIPATED IN ROUTINE CRUISES AND EXERCISES WITH THE AUSTRALIAN SQUADRON UNTIL 1933-04-26 WHEN SHE PAID OFF INTO RESERVE AS A RESULT OF THE ECONOMIC DEPRESSION. IN 1938-07 ALBATROSS WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE ROYAL NAVY AS PART PAYMENT FOR THE CRUISER HOBART. THE SHIP'S WW2 PENNANT NUMBER WAS D22.."
Date circa 1929
date QS:P,+1929-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
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