Warship escorts for the New Zealand Expeditionary Force

Warship escorts for the New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Date
October 1914
Reference
1/4-009671-G
Description

Japanese sailors being rowed to their ship, the Ibuki, on Wellington Harbour. The warships Ibuki (three funnels) and Minotaur (four funnels), can be seen in the background. Photographed by an unknown phototgrapher in October 1914.

The warships were escortes for the New Zealand expeditionary force. The Ibuki would have travelled with the convoy though the Pacific, as under the Japanese-British naval treaty of 1902-1922, the Japanese agreed to support British interests in the Pacific.

Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Physical Description: Glass negative, 11 x 8 cm

Additional description

Alternative form available: Print in Fitchett album at PA1-f-022-23-1

Access restrictions
Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
Part of
Fitchett, W B, fl 1960 :Photograph album depicting the departure of Main Body, New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Format
1 b&w original negative(s), Negatives, Glass negative, 11 x 8 cm
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