Skip to main content

Naval History and Heritage Command

NH 43655 Darwin Raid, 19 February 1942

Darwin Raid, 19 February 1942
Download Image:
Low (PNG, 319x319px, 69KB)
Med (JPEG, 1280x1280px, 261KB)
High (TIFF, 6108x4978px, 29MB)
Title: Darwin Raid, 19 February 1942
Caption: SS PORTMAR, holed by near misses and cannon fire, then run aground to sink by the stern, in the south arm of the harbor. It took approximately three months to refloat her, and about another three months to be towed to Sydney and repaired. She was then torpedoed and sunk off the New South Wales coast on her first trip.
Description: Courtesy of Arthur W. Thomas
Catalog #: NH 43655
Copyright Owner: Naval History and Heritage Command
Original Creator:
Original Date: Thu, Feb 19, 1942
After this Year: 1940
Before this Year: 1949
Original Medium: BW photograph
Related Content
Topic
Document Type
  • Photograph
Wars & Conflicts
Navy Communities
File Formats
  • Image (gif, jpg, tiff)
Location of Archival Materials
Author Name
Place of Event
Recipient Name