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TSS Islander

Details:

Title

TSS Islander,

Collection

WWII Military Units, HistoryNT, Second World War, 1939-1945,

Date

0000-00-00,

Location

Darwin Harbour,

Nation of service

Australia,

Service

Merchant Navy,

Service branch

Examination Vessel,

Unit

TSS Islander,

Parent unit

Christmas Island Phosphate Co. Ltd,

Date arrived in NT

1942-06-11,

Date left the NT

1943-08-17,

History

In 1943, while travelling in a convoy near Croker Island, she was attacked by a Japanese floatplane. Islander made 11 trips to Darwin.,

Notes

Metadata: Attribution International 4.0 (CC-BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0,

Language

English,

Subject

Second World War, 1939-1945, Merchant Navy, Australia, Cargo, Examination vessel, Passengers, TSS Islander,

File type

image/jpeg,

Use

No known copyright,

Copyright owner

Australian War Memorial,

License

https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/pubic-domain/pdm,

Related links

http://www.navy.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/IRON-WARRIOR_JANE-ADAMS.pdf [TSS Islander (0859) p.21-28], http://atlantic-cable.com/stamps/Other/index8.htm [History of the Atlantic Cable & Undersea Communications], http://trove.nla.gov.au/list?id=34608 [TSS Islander ],

Parent handle

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/843515,

Citation address

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/843515

Related items

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/843903,