300544
Photograph 300544 Period 1940-1949WILLIAMSTOWN, VIC. C.1948. PORT BOW VIEW OF THE RIVER CLASS FRIGATE HMAS CONDAMINE (K698). CLEARLY SHOWN IS THE FORWARD TWIN 4 INCH MARK XIX MOUNTING WITH RAILS FOR ILLUMINATING ROCKETS ATTACHED TO IT
300540 Accession Number: 300540
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NEW GUINEA 1947-08-20. PORT BOW VIEW OF THE RIVER CLASS FRIGATE HMAS CONDAMINE (K698) AT SPEED AS SHE PROCEEDS TO THE AID OF A GROUNDED SHIP, EITHER THE CYTENA OR REYNELLA. CLEARLY SHOWN IS THE FORWARD TWIN 4 INCH MARK XIX MOUNTING WITH RAILS FOR ILLUMINATING ROCKETS ATTACHED TO ITS SIDE. FORWARD OF IT IS THE HEDGEHOG ANTI SUBMARINE MORTAR. NOTE THE TYPE 285 FIRE CONTROL RADAR ON THE HIGH ANGLE DIRECTOR ON THE BRIDGE. SC-1 RADAR IS FITTED AT THE TOP OF THE FOREMAST AND TYPE 276 ON PLATFORM HALFWAY UP THE MAST. ALTHOUGH NOT COMPLETED UNTIL AFTER WORLD WAR 2, THE SHIP WEARS A TWO TONE CAMOUFLAGE SCHEME TYPICAL OF THE WAR YEARS. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION)
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