300269
Photograph 300269 Period 1930-1939PORT QUARTER VIEW OF THE HEAVY CRUISER HMAS AUSTRALIA (II). THE SUPERSTRUCTURE AROUND THE MAIN ARMAMENT DIRECTOR HAS BEEN EXTENDED AND A CROWSNEST ADDED TO THE FOREMAST. A HIGH ANGLE CONTROL POSITION
300271 Accession Number: 300271
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STARBOARD BROADSIDE VIEW OF THE HEAVY CRUISER HMAS AUSTRALIA (II). THE SUPERSTRUCTURE AROUND THE MAIN ARMAMENT DIRECTOR HAS BEEN EXTENDED AND A CROWSNEST ADDED TO THE FOREMAST. A HIGH ANGLE CONTROL POSITION HAS REPLACED THE RANGEFINDER ON THE AFTER SUPERSTRUCTURE. NOTE THE QUADRUPLE BANK OF TORPEDO TUBES UNDER THE 4 INCH GUN DECK AMIDSHIPS. A SEAGULL V AMPHIBIAN SITS ON THE CATAPULT AMIDSHIPS WITH THE AIRCRAFT HANDLING CRANE IMMEDIATELY ABAFT AND TO STARBOARD. THIS PHOTOGRAPH DATES FROM BETWEEN 1935, WHEN THE SEAGULL V WAS INTRODUCED INTO SERVICE, AND 1938, WHEN THE AUSTRALIA COMMENCED A MAJOR REFIT. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION)
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300271
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RAN (de.n)
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