Roadrunner
...the old image appears to be Station Pier in Melbourne OZ.....it really hasn't changed all that much....
however the time frame is not correct for our British built carriers HMAS Sydney & HMAS Melbourne...were they not commissioned in 1948? & 55?
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The vessel to the left clearly flying a White Ensign........but I am not sure of the signifince of the letter
F below the jackstaff
Anyway both of the above vessels were death traps with steam arrester gear & kilometers of steam pipes just under the wooden decks & lagged with unwrapped
ASBESTOS ...... HMAS Melbourne was decommissioned just prior to me joining HMA Garden Island.........
I have very fond memories of my superior @ GID....the senior forman in weapons.......Bob Graham
....sadly he died
of asbestos related lung cancer ........he worked on the arrester gear for years .....sorry to get a little off track......... Derek