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| View Original: | The destroyer HMAS Torrens alongside an oil wharf. The objects piled up centre left are probably oil barrels.jpg (450x274) | |||
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| Keywords: The destroyer HMAS Torrens alongside an oil wharf. The objects piled up centre left are probably oil barrels.jpg en The destroyer HMAS Torrens alongside an oil wharf The objects piled up centre left are probably oil barrels Formerly a Russian port Batum was captured by the Turks during the First World War Upon the surrender of Turkey the port was evacuated and was immediately occupied by the British In October 1918 the six Australian destroyers finished patrolling the Adriatic Sea and went east with other Allied ships in response to a possible threat from Russian ships that had been given to the Germans After patrols off the Turkish coast HMAS Torrens and HMAS Yarra were sent to visit Batum and Novorossiysk on the Black Sea EN0290 unknown Credit line Lent by A Budger - Date 1918 11 1918 12 100px 1918 in Georgia Historical images of the Port of Batumi PD-Australia Black and white photographs | ||||
