Territory Stories
Mars
Details:
Title
Mars,
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
Pearling Lugger,
Unit
Mars,
Parent unit
Jiro Miramatsu,
Date arrived in NT
1941-12-31,
History
Mars, a lugger had an Australian owner with a Japanese background. She was found hidden off Bathurst Island and was brought back to Darwin and impounded. After being fitted with a machine gun the Royal Australian Navy utilised is as a intra-harbour lighter and despatch craft.,
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,
Lugger,
Mars,
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/C50773 [Australian War Memorial : Phtograph P00365.005, Second World War, 1939-1945] ,
http://trove.nla.gov.au/list?id=47342 [Mars],
https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/read/38330374/the-navy-vol-73-no-3-jul-2011-navy-league-of-australia [Wooden luggers: friend or foe?] ,
Parent handle
https://hdl.handle.net/10070/843544 ,
Citation address
https://hdl.handle.net/10070/844036
Territory Stories
Mars
Details:
Title
Mars,
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
Pearling Lugger,
Unit
Mars,
Parent unit
Jiro Miramatsu,
Date arrived in NT
1941-12-31,
History
Mars, a lugger had an Australian owner with a Japanese background. She was found hidden off Bathurst Island and was brought back to Darwin and impounded. After being fitted with a machine gun the Royal Australian Navy utilised is as a intra-harbour lighter and despatch craft.,
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,
Lugger,
Mars,
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/C50773 [Australian War Memorial : Phtograph P00365.005, Second World War, 1939-1945] ,
http://trove.nla.gov.au/list?id=47342 [Mars],
https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/read/38330374/the-navy-vol-73-no-3-jul-2011-navy-league-of-australia [Wooden luggers: friend or foe?] ,
Parent handle
https://hdl.handle.net/10070/843544 ,
Citation address
https://hdl.handle.net/10070/844036