300356
Photograph 300356 Period 1940-1949SYDNEY, NSW. C.1947. PORT BOW VIEW OF THE RIVER CLASS FRIGATE HMAS BARCOO IN HER INITIAL CONFIGURATION AS A SURVEY VESSEL. HER ANTI SUBMARINE ARMAMENT HAS BEEN REMOVED. THE FORWARD 4 INCH MK XX MOUNTI
300358 Accession Number: 300358
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C.1949. STARBOARD SIDE VIEW OF THE RIVER CLASS FRIGATE HMAS BARCOO IN HER INITIAL CONFIGURATION AS A SURVEY VESSEL. HER ANTI SUBMARINE ARMAMENT HAS BEEN REMOVED. THE FORWARD 4 INCH MK XX MOUNTING HAS REPLACED THE HEDGEHOG ON THE FORECASTLE. ILLUMINATION ROCKET RAILS HAVE BEEN FITTED TO THE SIDES OF THE GUN MOUNTING. THE AFTER 4 INCH MOUNTING REMAINS UNCHANGED. THE 20 MM AA GUNS HAVE BEEN REMOVED. SINGLE 40 MM BOFORS AA GUNS ARE FITTED ON TOP OF THE DECKHOUSES BEFORE THE BRIDGE AND FORWARD OF THE AFTER 4 INCH GUN. THE WARTIME TYPE 271 RADAR LANTERN HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM THE BRIDGE AS HAS THE SC RADAR FROM THE FOREMAST. A TYPE A276 SURFACE SEARCH RADAR IS NOW FITTED, THE AERIAL OF WHICH OF WHICH IS MOUNTED ON A SMALL PLATFORM HALF WAY UP THE FOREMAST, WHERE IT REPLACES THE CROWSNEST. JUST BENEATH IT IS THE DIRECTION FINDER, MOVED FROM THE TOP OF THE FORWARD DECKHOUSE. A SUBSTANTIAL FRAMEWORK FOR AN AWNING HAS BEEN FITTED OVER THE BRIDGE. THE SHIP HAS BEEN PAINTED IN THE TRADITIONAL SURVEY COLOURS OF WHITE HULL AND SUPERSTRUCTURE WITH A BUFF FUNNEL. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION).
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