The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
PLYMOUTH, ENGLAND. 1945-07. STARBOARD BOW VIEW OF THE HEAVY CRUISER HMAS AUSTRALIA (II) AT ANCHOR HAVING ARRIVED FROM AUSTRALIA FOR AN EXTENDED REFIT AND MODERNISATION. SHE HAS HAD THE BATTLE DAMAGE FROM THE FIVE SUICIDE AIRCRAFT WHICH HIT HER IN THE COURSE OF LINGAYEN GULF OPERATIONS REPAIRED IN AUSTRALIA. X TURRET HAS BEEN LANDED AS A WEIGHT SAVING MEASURE. S2 4 INCH MOUNT IS ALSO MISSING AS IS SOME OF THE CLOSE RANGE ARMAMENT. HER AIRCRAFT HANDLING CRANES HAVE BEEN REMOVED AND A DERRICK FITTED JUST BEFORE THE AFTER DIRECTOR. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION).
1940-03-19. STARBOARD BOW VIEW OF THE HEAVY CRUISER HMAS AUSTRALIA (II) AS SHE APPEARED AFTER HER 1938-1939 REFIT. THE SHIP HAS HAD HER BRIDGEWORK EXTENDED. THE FOUR SINGLE 4 INCH MK V AA GUNS HAVE BE
AERIAL PORT BOW VIEW OF THE DESTROYER HMAS ANZAC (II) OPERATING AS A TRAINING SHIP IN THE PERIOD 1961 TO 1964. HER TORPEDO TUBES AND HER 40 MM BOFORS AA GUNS WERE REMOVED DURING HER 1961 REFIT ALTHOUG
OFF SYDNEY, NSW. PORT BOW VIEW OF THE HEAVY CRUISER HMAS AUSTRALIA (II) AS SHE APPEARED AFTER HER 1938-1939 REFIT. THE SHIP HAS HAD HER BRIDGEWORK EXTENDED. THE FOUR SINGLE 4 INCH MK V AA GUNS HAVE BE
The ready use lockers for the forward starboard 4 inch twin mount (S1) damaged during the attack on HMAS Australia by a Japanese kamikaze aircraft at 5.35 pm on 6 January 1945. Although many of the 4
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 PO
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
