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Carley float from HMAS SYDNEY, only surviving wreckage recovered by HMAS HEROS in Indian Ocean on 27 November 1941
Carley float from HMAS SYDNEY, only surviving wreckage recovered by HMAS HEROS in Indian Ocean on 27 November 1941

Carley float from HMAS SYDNEY, only surviving wreckage recovered by HMAS HEROS in Indian Ocean on 27 November 1941

Subject or historical figure (1907 - 1995)
Date1941
Object numberANMS0296[004]
NamePhotograph
MediumBlack and white photographic print in paper
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineANMM Collection Gift from L Whitebrook
HistoryTugboat HMAS HEROS recovered a Carley type lifefloat and two lifebelts, 160 miles north-west of Carnarvon, WA. They were believed to be from HMAS SYDNEY, (cruiser), sunk by the German raider KORMORAN