Tuesday 14 December 2010

Ship Spotting


Something slightly newer.



What is it?

4 comments:

Chuck Hill said...

Australian Corvette, Guadalcanal?

Chuck Hill said...

Bathurst Class Littoral Combat Ship

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bathurst_class_corvette

Saturn 5 said...

Chuck Hill is correct. This is Barthurst class corvette HMAS Whyalla.

GrandLogistics said...

Hello,

Chuck Hill got the class and Saturn 5 got the ship,
This picture was probably taken in New Guinea.

Whyalla had a very long working life and is now preserved on dry land:

http://www.whyallamaritimemuseum.com.au/ships.html

Note the hull patch.


GrandLogistics.