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SS James Cook (1275)

Details:

Title

SS James Cook (1275),

Collection

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

Date

0000-00-00,

Location

Darwin Harbour,

Nation of service

Australia,

Service

Merchant Navy,

Service branch

Cargo Steamship,

Unit

SS James Cook (1275),

Parent unit

H.C. Sleigh,

Date arrived in NT

1942-08-20,

Date left the NT

1945-05-07,

History

James Cook was a cargo ship used on the Thursday Island-Darwin run. 3 lives were lost when she was sunk by a Japanese float plane. The crew were rescued by Cootamundra. She made 7 trips to Darwin.,

Notes

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

Language

English,

Subject

Second World War, 1939-1945, Merchant Navy, Australia, Cargo, Steamship, SS James Cook (1275),

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/C13695 [Australian War Memorial, Photograph 040832, Second World War, 1939-1945], http://www.navy.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/IRON-WARRIOR_JANE-ADAMS.pdf [SS James Cook (1275) p.80-84], http://www.flotilla-australia.com/hcsleigh.htm#james-cook1-hcs [Flotilla Australia - H.C. Sleigh],

Parent handle

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/843516,

Citation address

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/843516

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https://hdl.handle.net/10070/843853,