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Photograph 300540 Period 1940-1949NEW 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 FORWAR

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WILLIAMSTOWN, 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 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. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION)
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 FORWAR

1947-04-18. DETAIL VIEW OF THE AMIDSHIPS SECTION OF THE FRIGATE HMAS CULGOA (K408). NOTE THE TWIN 4 INCH MARK XIX HIGH ANGLE MOUNTING FORWARD WITH RAILS FOR ILLUMINATING ROCKETS ATTACHED TO THE MOUNTI

WILLIAMSTOWN, VIC. 1947-04-10. PORT QUARTER VIEW OF THE FRIGATE HMAS CULGOA (K408), SHORTLY AFTER COMMISSIONING. A HEDGEHOG ANTI SUBMARINE MORTAR IS MOUNTED ON THE FORECASTLE. IMMEDIATELY BEHIND IT IS

WILLIAMSTOWN, VIC. 1947-04-10. STARBOARD BROADSIDE VIEW OF THE FRIGATE HMAS CULGOA (K408), SHORTLY AFTER COMMISSIONING. A HEDGEHOG ANTI SUBMARINE MORTAR IS MOUNTED ON THE FORECASTLE. IMMEDIATELY BEHIN

WILLIAMSTOWN, VIC. 1947-04-10. STARBOARD QUARTER VIEW OF THE FRIGATE HMAS CULGOA (K408), SHORTLY AFTER COMMISSIONING. A HEDGEHOG ANTI SUBMARINE MORTAR IS MOUNTED ON THE FORECASTLE. IMMEDIATELY BEHIND

WILLIAMSTOWN, VIC. 1947-01-06. PORT SIDE VIEW OF THE FRIGATE HMAS CULGOA (K408), SHORTLY BEFORE COMMISSIONING. SHE IS ARMED WITH A HEDGEHOG ANTI SUBMARINE MORTAR, SITED ON THE FORECASTLE, ITS MOUNTING
