HMAS Perth at Suez by Ivan Berryman. (GL) SCN2 P/O W C Townsend elected

P/O W C Townsend elected to fly his aircraft

and the final fight began

but next day torpedoed and sank U-303

In 1882 an Egyptian Nationalist uprising followed under Arabi Pasha

and the allied VII Corps had wheeled through southern Iraq towards the Kuwait border

HMAS Perth at Suez by Ivan Berryman. (GL) SCN2 P/O W C Townsend electedDHM6252GL. HMAS Perth at Suez by Ivan Berryman. The class leader of three destroyers built to the U. S. Charles F Adams class design for the Royal Australian Navy, HMAS Perth served with distinction for 34 years before being scuttled in 2001 to form an artificial reef in King George Sound. She is depicted here passing through the Suez canal on one of her many deployments. Limited edition of up to 10 giclee canvas prints. Size 36 inches x 24 inches