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OFF PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-08-30. M.V. MALAITA ENCHORED OFF PORT MORESBY AFTER HAVING BEEN TORPEDOED BY AN ENEMY SUBMARINE THE PREVIOUS DAY. THE CRAFT IN THE BACKGROUND ARE WAITING TO TOW HER ..

OFF PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-08-30. SOME OF THE CREW OF M.V. MALAITA, WHO AFTER THE SHIP HAD BEEN TORPEDOED BY AN ENEMY SUBMARINE OFF PORT MORESBY, WERE SAFELY TAKEN OFF AND LATER RETURNED TO HELP ..

OFF PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-08-30. SHATTERED FITTINGS ON THE PROMENADE DECK OF M.V. MALAITA CAUSED WHEN SHE WAS TORPEDOED BY AN ENEMY SUBMARINE OFF PORT MORESBY. THE VESSEL WAS TOWED INTO PORT ..

OFF PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-08-30. THE DAMAGED ENTRANCE TO THE LOUNGE OF M.V. MALAITA SUSTAINED WHEN THE SHIP WAS TORPEDOED BY AN ENEMY SUBMARINE OFF PORT MORESBY. THE TORPEDO ENTERED THE VESSEL ..

OFF PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-08-30. DAMAGED UPPERWORKS ON THE STARBOARD SIDE OF M.V. MALAITA, TORPEDOED BY AN ENEMY SUBMARINE OFF PORT MORESBY. THE MALAITA WAS TOWED INTO PORT THE DAY AFTER THE ..

OFF PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-08-30. THIS LIFEBOAT OF THE M.V. MALAITA, LYING ACROSS THE FORE HATCH WAS BLOWN BY THE EXPLOSION OF AN ENEMY TORPEDO, FROM THE BOAT DECK AMIDSHIPS, OVER THE BRIDGE AND ..

OFF PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-08-30. THE M.V. MALAITA WITH HER STERN WELL CLEAR. SHE WAS TORPEDOED BY AN ENEMY SUBMARINE OFF PORT MORESBY AND LATER TOWED IN TO THE HARBOUR. ALL THE CREW WERE SAVED, ..

OFF PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-08-30. A CLOSE VIEW OF THE STARBOARD SIDE OF M.V. MALAITA WHERE THE SHIP WAS HIT BY A TORPEDO FROM AN ENEMY SUBMARINE OFF PORT MORESBY. THE VESSEL WAS TOWED INTO PORT ..

OFF PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-08-30. CAPTAIN R. DUDDELL, CAPTAIN OF M.V. MALAITA WHICH WAS TORPEDOED BY AN ENEMY SUBMARINE OFF PORT MORESBY. THE TORPEDO ENTERED THE SHIP BELOW THE WATERLINE UNDER ..

OFF PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-08-30. THE CAPTAIN, CAPTAIN R. DUDDELL, (RIGHT) AND THE CHIEF OFFICER, MR. W.D. COLQUHON MALAITA WHICH HAD THE PREVIOUS DAY BEEN TORPEDOED BY AN ENEMY SUBMARINE OFF ..

PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-08. DOUGLAS C47 DAKOTA TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT TAKING OFF FROM KILA KILA AIRFIELD, NEAR PORT MORESBY ON A SUPPLY DROPPING MISSION TO THE KOKODA AREA

OFF PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-08-30. THE M.V. MALAITA SHORTLY AFTER SHE HAD BEEN TORPEDOED BY AN ENEMY SUBMARINE OFF PORT MORESBY ONLY ONE CASUALTY WAS SUSTAINED - THE CHIEF STEWARD WITH TWO BROKEN ..