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AERIAL PORT QUARTER VIEW OF THE HEAVY CRUISER HMAS AUSTRALIA (II) AND THE LIGHT CRUISER HMAS HOBART (I) AT ANCHOR. THE AUSTRALIA HAS BEEN PAINTED IN AN EXTREMELY DARK GREY COLOUR SCHEME, PROBABLY MS1, WHICH REPLACED THE PREVIOUS DISRUPTIVE SCHEME IN 1942-02. THE HOBART APPEARS IN A SOMEWHAT LIGHTER SHADE OF GREY, PERHAPS MS2. BOTH SHIPS ARE FITTED WITH TYPE 271 SURFACE SEARCH RADAR IN ITS DISTINCTIVE LANTERN MOUNTED IMMEDIATELY ABAFT THE DIRECTOR IN THE AUSTRALIA AND BETWEEN THE AFTER FUNNEL AND MAINMAST IN THE HOBART. THE AUSTRALIA ALSO CARRIES TYPE 284 FIRE CONTROL RADAR FITTED TO THE FACE OF HER DIRECTOR AND AMERICAN SC RADAR AT THE TOP OF HER WHITE PAINTED FOREMAST. HER MAINTOPMAST HAS BEEN STRUCK. THE CLOSE RANGE ANTI AIRCRAFT ARMAMENT HAS BEEN AUGMENTED BY THE ADDITION OF TEN 20 MM OERLIKON AA GUNS. TWO ARE MOUNTED IN TUBS ON EACH OF B AND X TURRETS, FOUR ARE MOUNTED PORT AND STARBOARD AMIDSHIPS AND THE REMAINING TWO ARE IN TUBS THAT CAN ONLY JUST BE MADE OUT AT THE BASE OF THE SEARCHLIGHT TOWER. NOTE THE AMERICAN DESTROYER IN THE BACKGROUND. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION).
TOWNSVILLE, QLD. 1943-06-08. AERIAL BROADSIDE VIEW OF THE HEAVY CRUISER HMAS AUSTRALIA (II) AT ANCHOR OFF PALM ISLAND. THE AUSTRALIA HAS BEEN PAINTED IN AN EXTREMELY DARK GREY COLOUR SCHEME, PROBABLY
TOWNSVILLE, QLD. 1943-06-08. AERIAL PORT BOW VIEW OF THE HEAVY CRUISER HMAS AUSTRALIA (II) AT ANCHOR OFF PALM ISLAND. THE AUSTRALIA HAS BEEN PAINTED IN AN EXTREMELY DARK GREY COLOUR SCHEME, PROBABLY M
1943. STARBOARD SIDE VIEW OF THE HEAVY CRUISER HMAS AUSTRALIA (II) AT ANCHOR. THE EXTREMELY DARK GREY COLOUR SCHEME WHICH SHE WORE EARLIER IN THE YEAR HAS EITHER FADED OR BEEN REPLACED BY A SOMEWHAT L
1943. VIEW FROM FINE OFF THE PORT BOW OF THE HEAVY CRUISER HMAS AUSTRALIA (II) AT ANCHOR. THE EXTREMELY DARK GREY COLOUR SCHEME, PROBABLY MS1, WHICH SHE WORE EARLIER IN THE YEAR, HAS EITHER FADED OR B
SYDNEY, NSW. 1944-03-11. STARBOARD QUARTER VIEW OF THE HEAVY CRUISER HMAS AUSTRALIA (II). THE EXTREMELY DARK GREY COLOUR SCHEME WHICH SHE WORE THE PREVIOUS YEAR HAS EITHER FADED OR BEEN REPLACED BY A
SYDNEY, NSW. 1943. STARBOARD BROADSIDE VIEW OF THE HEAVY CRUISER HMAS AUSTRALIA (II) AT ANCHOR. THE EXTREMELY DARK GREY COLOUR SCHEME WHICH SHE WORE EARLIER IN THE YEAR HAS EITHER FADED OR BEEN REPLAC
