Territory Stories

Rockforest

Details:

Title

Rockforest,

Collection

WWII Military Units, HistoryNT, Second World War, 1939-1945,

Date

0000-00-00,

Nation of service

Canada,

Service

Navy,

Service branch

Tugboat,

Unit

Rockforest,

Date arrived in NT

1945-12,

History

Rockforest was a 233 GT steam tug that survived the war. Rockcliffe, Rockforest, Rockglen, Rockmount, Rockport and Rockwing were assigned to the Royal Canadian Navy, to be held temporarily in Brisbane.,

Notes

Metadata: Attribution International 4.0 (CC-BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0,

Language

English,

Subject

Second Word War, 1939-1945, Royal Canadian Navy, Ocean-going tugboat, Rockforest, Navy,

File type

image/jpeg,

Use

No known copyright,

Copyright owner

Australian War Memorial,

License

https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/pubic-domain/pdm,

Related links

https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C255818 [Australian War Memorial : Photograph 304970, Second World War, 1939-1945], https://www.navy.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/REAEL_TO_RONA.pdf [Rockforest p.159],

Parent handle

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/842544,

Citation address

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/842544

Related items

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/842856,