Saturday, 25 May 2013

Darling Harbour, HMAS Advance

The HMAS Advance is a navy patrol boat on permanent display at the Australian National Maritime Museum at Darling Harbour. It was commissioned in 1968 and served out of Darwin, Northern Territory until 1980. The larger ship behind it is the HMAS Vampire, a navy destroyer, The office buildings of the city rise up behind them.
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13 comments:

  1. 'TsukiSaturday, 25 May 2013 at 16:00:00 GMT+10

    Nice boat indeed... It looks like a Navy one.

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  2. KarenMonday, 27 May 2013 at 10:59:00 GMT+10

    The Vampire is a lot bigger!

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  3. Ann, Chen Jie Xue 陈洁雪Monday, 27 May 2013 at 11:30:00 GMT+10

    All dressed up and no war to go to?

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    1. JimMonday, 27 May 2013 at 17:12:00 GMT+10

      I think peace keeping is always better than war.

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  4. LizMonday, 27 May 2013 at 17:47:00 GMT+10

    Beautiful shot! Have a fabulous week and Happy MMY.

    Egg Trick
    Cinderella's Castle

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  5. Louis la VacheMonday, 27 May 2013 at 20:08:00 GMT+10

    «Louis», having a life-long fascination with all things regarding the Navies of the world, would very much enjoy visiting these ships.

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  6. UnknownMonday, 27 May 2013 at 21:18:00 GMT+10

    interesting names of ships.

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  7. SmilingSallyMonday, 27 May 2013 at 22:56:00 GMT+10

    She's a beautiful ship, Jim.

    Happy Blue Monday!

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  8. Ann, Chen Jie Xue 陈洁雪Tuesday, 28 May 2013 at 20:55:00 GMT+10

    boy's toy, are you allowed on it?

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    1. JimTuesday, 28 May 2013 at 22:09:00 GMT+10

      Yes, you can explore it and a number of other ships on display.

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  9. Margaret Gosden Tuesday, 28 May 2013 at 22:17:00 GMT+10

    Nice composition of the color grey, relieved by the the other colors in the bottomed left corner of he
    composition.

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  10. Kim, USAWednesday, 29 May 2013 at 03:10:00 GMT+10

    Wow beautiful!

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  11. lenciliciousWednesday, 29 May 2013 at 20:59:00 GMT+10

    Nice ship. This reminds me of the upcoming tall ship event here in Ireland.

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