Territory Stories

Mactan (1260)

Details:

Title

Mactan (1260),

Collection

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

Date

0000-00-00,

Location

Darwin Harbour,

Nation of service

Philippines,

Service

Merchant Ship of the Philippines,

Service branch

Passenger Steamship,

Unit

Mactan (1260),

Parent unit

Cia Maritima,

Date arrived in NT

1942-01-13,

History

The Macton operated as a hospital ship. She was later acquired by the navy to use as an ammunition store. She made a 1 day stop in 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, Philippines, Merchant Ship of the Philippines, Passenger steamship, Hospital ship, Mactan (1260),

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/C1118155 [Australian War Memorial : Photograph P04853.071, Second World War, 1939-1945], http://www.navy.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/LUTHER_HURD_TO_MANULANI.pdf [Mactan (1260) p.44-45],

Parent handle

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/843654,

Citation address

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/844038