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| Keywords: Albatross (AWM 300122).jpg AWM Caption AN AERIAL VIEW OF SEAPLANE CARRIER HMAS ALBATROSS WITH ONE OF HER SEAGULL AMPHIBIAN AIRCRAFT FROM 101 FLEET COOPERATION FLIGHT RAAF OVERHEAD NOTE THE HATCH COVERING THE HANGAR ENTRANCE JUST FORWARD OF THE SUPERSTRUCTURE AND THE MOUNTING FOR THE UNFITTED CATAPULT TOWARDS THE BOWS DURING HER SERVICE WITH THE ROYAL NAVY AS HMS ALBATROSS THE SHIP RECEIVED BATTLE DAMAGE WHICH WAS NOT COMPLETELY REPAIRED BY THE END OF THE WAR SHE PAID OFF IN 1945-06 AND WAS SOLD OUT OF SERVICE IN 1947 SHE BECAME THE PRIDE OF TORQUAY AND WAS TO BE A FLOATING CABARET BUT THE PLAN FAILED IN 1948 THE VESSEL WAS ACQUIRED BY GRAECO-BRITISH INTERESTS CONVERTED TO A PASSENGER SHIP BEING SUBSEQUENTLY USED AS A MIGRANT SHIP TO AUSTRALIA UNDER THE NAME HELLENIC PRINCE DURING 1953 SHE WAS CHARTERED AS A BRITISH TROOP TRANSPORT FINALLY IN 1953-11 THE SHIP WAS SOLD FOR SCRAPPING IN HONG KONG NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION 300122 en wikipedia Berichard CommonsHelper 1929 - 1930s Nick-D wikipedia en Copyright expired - public domain PD-AustraliaGov en File Albatross AWM 300122 jpg original upload log page en wikipedia Albatross_ 28AWM_300122 29 jpg 2006-01-15 07 12 Nick-D 450×341× 69304 bytes <nowiki>Australian War Memorial AWM catalog number 300122 Sourced from http //www awm gov au/database/collection asp Copyright The AWM record for this photo states that the copyright status is 'clear' The photo was taken in the 1920s or 1930s </nowiki> HMAS Albatross 1928 Supermarine Seagull 1921 Aircraft of the Royal Australian Air Force Seagull Black and white photographs of warships | ||||
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