Wreck of ALMA off Haruish, Egypt Size:large CANBERRA's first officer is shown

CANBERRA's first officer is shown on the navigation bridge using the 'radar photographic projector'

This postcard was sent not from CANBERRA but from a British serviceman stationed at the barracks in Aden to his young son in the UK

The statue of Ferdinand de Lesseps at the entrance to the Suez Canal was completed in 1899

KARAGOLA (1917) at sea

LOONGANA in Bass Strait

Wreck of ALMA off Haruish, Egypt Size:large CANBERRA's first officer is shownALMA Struck a reef off the island of Haruish on 12th june 1859, when en route to Suez from Aden. The mails, baggage and cargo were lost, but thankfully no lives. All survivors were rescued by the paddle frigate HMS Cyclops and P&O's Nemesis.