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Photograph 300310 Period 1940-1949PORT MELBOURNE, VIC. 1949-04-04. THE HEAVY CRUISER HMAS AUSTRALIA (II) IN HER POSTWAR CONFIGURATION. A TYPE 274 GUNNERY RADAR AERIAL IS MOUNTED ON THE MAIN ARMAMENT DIRECTOR WITH TYPE 285 ON THE AFTER
300287 Accession Number: 300287
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PORT MELBOURNE, VIC. C.1947. PORT BOW VIEW OF THE HEAVY CRUISER HMAS AUSTRALIA (II), THE FRIGATE HMAS CULGOA AND THE DESTROYER HMAS ARUNTA (I30). THE CRUISER IS FLYING FROM HER FOREMAST THE FLAG OF THE REAR ADMIRAL COMMANDING THE AUSTRALIAN SQUADRON. A TYPE 274 GUNNERY RADAR AERIAL IS MOUNTED ON HER MAIN ARMAMENT DIRECTOR WITH TYPE 285 ON THE AFTER DIRECTOR JUST BEFORE THE MAINMAST WHICH JUTS ABOVE THE ARUNTA'S B MOUNTING. TYPE 285 IS ALSO FITTED TO THE SECONDARY ARMAMENT HIGH ANGLE DIRECTORS SIDED ON THE FORWARD SUPERSTRUCTURE AS WELL AS TO THE MAIN ARMAMENT DIRECTORS OF THE FRIGATE AND DESTROYER. AN AERIAL FOR TYPE 277 SURFACE SEARCH RADAR IS ON A PLATFORM FORWARD OF THE FOREMAST, REPLACING THE TYPE 273 LANTERN PREVIOUSLY MOUNTED ABAFT THE DIRECTOR. TYPE 293 TARGET INDICATION RADAR IS FITTED TO THE TOP OF THE FOREMAST. A TYPE 281B AIR SEARCH AERIAL IS FITTED ATOP THE MAINMAST. A QUADRUPLE U.S. 40MM BOFORS MK2 AA MOUNT IS FITTED BESIDE THE FORWARD SUPERSTRUCTURE. NOTE THE WHIP AERIALS ON HER FORWARD AND AFTER FUNNEL. THE ARUNTA IS SHOWN BEFORE HER ANTI SUBMARINE WARFARE CAPABILITIES WERE UPGRADED. SHE CARRIES AMERICAN RADAR, PROBABLY SC-4 ON HER FOREMAST. THE CULGOA ALSO HAS AMERICAN RADAR, PROBABLY SC-1.(NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION).
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