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The landing of HSK Kormoran (1941) survivors at Red Bluff, Seventeen Mile Well, Quobba Station : 2007 Red Bluff pistol find and conservation and identification of Red Bluff pistol / Ross Anderson and Richard Garcia

Record no:

66886

Call no:

940.5459 AND

Author:

Anderson, Ross ; Garcia, Richard ; Western Australian Museum. Dept. of Maritime Archaeology ; Western Australian Museum. Dept. of Materials Conservation

Publisher:

Fremantle, W.A.: Western Australian Museum

Year:

2007

Series:

Department of Maritime Archaeology Report ; no. 226

Description:

40 p. : ill. (some col.), port. ; 30 cm.

Subject:

Kormoran (Ship);
World War, 1939-1945 - Western Australia - Naval operations, German;
Pistols - Conservation and restoration;

Notes:

Available online.

Type:

Book

Abstract:

In the days following the loss of HMAS Sydney and its 645 crew off Carnarvon, a German survivor of the World War Two naval disaster, in one of two crowded lifeboats approaching "enemy territory", threw his loaded pistol into the surf at Red

Bluff. The detailed investigation since then has yielded a national maritime treasure and one of only a handful of artefacts recovered after the HMAS Sydney loss.

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Result	Links	Location	Library	Shelf no	Status	Year	Volume	Copy
1		Geraldton	Western Australian Museum	940.5459 AND	On Shelf
2		Maritime	Western Australian Museum	940.5459 AND	On Shelf