Heat proved to be one of the toughest challenges for crews in the wartime Pacific. War
artist Russell Clarke painted crew members cleaning the boilers on HMNZS
Breeze, a similar-sized vessel to the Bird-class ships Moa,
Kiwi and Tui.
National Collection of War Art, Archives New Zealand
Reference: AAAC 898 NCWA 34 Artist: Russell Clark Permission of Archives New Zealand Te Rua
Mahara o te Kāwanatanga must be obtained before any reuse of this image.
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'Cleaning boilers on HMNZS Breeze', URL:
https://nzhistory.net.nz/media/photo/cleaning-boilers-hmnzs-breeze, (Ministry for Culture and
Heritage), updated 20-Dec-2012
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