Territory Stories

MV Neptuna

Details:

Title

MV Neptuna,

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

Cargo and Passenger Steamship,

Unit

MV Neptuna,

Parent unit

Burns Philp & Co. Ltd.,

Date arrived in NT

1942-02-12,

Date left the NT

1942-02-19,

History

MV Neptuna was sunk on19 February 1942 during the 9:58 bombing raid in which bombs exploded in Neptuna's saloon and engine room. Forty-five men died on board including 9 wharf labourers and 36 crew members. Part of her wreck still lies in Darwin Harbour.,

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, Steamship, Passengers, MV Neptuna,

File type

image/tiff,

Use

No known copyright,

Copyright owner

Library & Archives NT,

License

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

Related links

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/18946 [PictureNT : PH0195/0054, Ships docked at Darwin Wharf, Ivan R. Hodder Collection], http://www.navy.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/MURENA_TO_NEVILLE.pdf [MV Neptuna p.155-157], http://www.flotilla-australia.com/burnsphilp3.htm [Flotilla Australia - Burns Philp Company], http://trove.nla.gov.au/list?id=33433 [MV Neptuna], http://www.territorystories.nt.gov.au/handle/10070/238733 [George W. Boniface. Personal recollections], http://www.territorystories.nt.gov.au/handle/10070/238731 [Brendan de Burca Darwin-19th February 1942],

Parent handle

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/843559,

Citation address

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/844064