Bathurst-class corvette
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The Bathurst-class corvettes were a class of general purpose vessels designed and built in Australia during World War II. Originally classified as minesweepers, but widely referred to as corvettes, the Bathurst-class vessels fulfilled a broad anti-submarine, anti-mine, and convoy escort role.
HMAS Latrobe
HMAS Fremantle.
HMAS Cowra's 4-inch Mk XIX gun during a training exercise in 1945
Minutes after the launch of HMAS Deloraine at Mort's Dock & Engineering Company workers begin preparations to lay down the next vessel.
Mort's Dock
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Mort's Dock is a former dry dock, slipway, and shipyard in Balmain, New South Wales, Australia. It was the first dry dock in Australia, opening for business in 1855 and closing more than a century later in 1959. The site is now parkland.
Vessels at Mort's Dock, Sydney Harbour, 1908
Mort’s Dock at Waterview Bay, Balmain, c. 1860, by William Hetzer
Mort’s Dock at Waterview Bay, Balmain, 1887