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Photo # NH 58634:  View on the forecastle of HMS Apollo, February 1938

Online Library of Selected Images:
-- SHIPS of the AUSTRALIAN NAVY --

HMAS Hobart (Light Cruiser, 1938-1962) and
HMS Apollo (British Light Cruiser, 1936-1938) --
On Board and Miscellaneous Views


This page features views taken on board HMAS Hobart and HMS Apollo and miscellaneous views related to that ship.

For more images of this ship, see:

  • HMAS Hobart (1938-1962) and HMS Apollo (1936-1938).


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."

    Click on the small photograph to prompt a larger view of the same image.

    Photo #: NH 58634

    HMS Apollo
    (British Light Cruiser, 1936)

    View on the forecastle deck, looking aft toward the ship's forward 6-inch gun turrets and superstructure. Taken while she was visiting Miami, Florida, on 1 February 1938.
    Note anchor chains and capstan in the foreground.
    HMS Apollo later became HMAS Hobart.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 92KB; 530 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 60400

    HMS Apollo
    (British Light Cruiser, 1936)

    View of the ship's after 6-inch guns, with a tripod awning support and lantern in the foreground. Taken while she was visiting Miami, Florida, in 1938.
    Note the ship's badge on the gun tompions.
    HMS Apollo later became HMAS Hobart.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 54KB; 615 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 58632

    HMS Apollo
    (British Light Cruiser, 1936)

    View on deck amidships, looking aft along the port side, while the ship was visiting Miami, Florida, in February 1938.
    The seaplane stowed just forward of the ship's after funnel is a Hawker "Osprey IV" (# K5762). Another aircraft of the same type is partially visible just to the left.
    HMS Apollo later became HMAS Hobart.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 112KB; 610 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 51869

    Hawker "Osprey IV"

    (British Navy floatplane, # K5760)

    In flight near St. Johns, Virgin Islands, 2 February 1937.
    This aircraft was based on board the British light cruiser Apollo, which later became HMAS Hobart.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 76KB; 740 x 625 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 97946

    HMAS Hobart
    (Australian Light Cruiser, 1936)

    Recognition silhouette prepared during World War II.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

    Online Image: 18KB; 740 x 580 pixels

     

    For more images of this ship, see:

  • HMAS Hobart (1938-1962) and HMS Apollo (1936-1938).


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."


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