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1929 DEFENCE / TRANSPORT: H.M.A.S. Melbourne scrapped
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0:57Now PlayingDate: 11th February 1929
Location: Australia
Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: EMPIRE NEWS NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
SLATE INFORMATION: H.M.A.S. Melbourne Scrapped. The famous Australian cruiser at last finds its way into the hands of shipbreakers at Rosyth. On the occasion of her visit to Portsmouth in 1926...
1926
ENGLAND: Portsmouth:
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HMAS Melbourne
SLATE INFORMATION: ...and now!
1929
LOCATION UNKNOWN (England or Australia ?)
HMAS Melbourne at dock
Workers breaking up ship for scrap
Rundown section of ship
Sections of ship being winched away by crane
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