 Click thumbnail for a larger image. | Description: A photograph of the MV Port Hobart built in 1925 (sister ship Port Dunedin ) at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, by Swan Hunter and Wickham Richardson. On 24.11.1940 the ship was overwhelmed and destroyed by German pocket battleship Admiral Scheer in the Sombrero Channel, Caribbean. Mounted in a broad wooden frame. Format: pictorial and artistic works Object: photographs Titles: MV Port Hobart Institution: Maritime Museum of Tasmania Object number: MMT_P_1991-078 Disclaimer The content of this record is provided by Maritime Museum of Tasmania. For any questions about the content please contact them. |
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