300310
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
300327/01 Accession Number: 300327/01
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GARDEN ISLAND, NSW. 1946-12. THE HEAVY CRUISER HMAS AUSTRALIA (II) ENTERING CAPTAIN COOK DOCK. SHE IS IN HER IMMEDIATE POSTWAR CONFIGURATION AFTER HER 1945 REFIT AT PLYMOUTH. A TYPE 274 GUNNERY RADAR AERIAL IS NOW MOUNTED ABOVE THE MAIN ARMAMENT DIRECTOR SUPERSEDING THE TYPE 284 RADAR WHICH HAD BEEN ON THE DIRECTOR'S FACE. TYPE 285 GUNNERY RADAR HAS BEEN FITTED TO THE SECONDARY ARMAMENT HIGH ANGLE DIRECTORS SIDED ON THE FORWARD SUPERSTRUCTURE. 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. HER NARROW ARMOUR BELT IS VISIBLE JUST ABOVE HER BOOT TOPPING. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION).
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