301236
Photograph 301236 Period 1950-1959C.1954. AERIAL PORT BEAM VIEW OF THE FORMER DESTROYER HMAS QUEENBOROUGH (FO2) AFTER HER CONVERSION TO AN ANTI SUBMARINE FRIGATE. EXTERNALLY HER DESTROYER ORIGINS ARE INDICATED ONLY BY HER FUNNEL AND H
301214 Accession Number: 301214
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AERIAL STARBOARD SIDE VIEW OF THE FORMER DESTROYER HMAS QUEENBOROUGH (FO2) AFTER HER CONVERSION TO AN ANTI SUBMARINE FRIGATE. EXTERNALLY HER DESTROYER ORIGINS ARE INDICATED ONLY BY HER FUNNEL AND HULL AS ALL SUPERSTRUCTURE ABOVE THE UPPER DECK HAS BEEN REPLACED. THE SHIP'S NEW ARMAMENT CONSISTS OF A TWIN 40 MM BOFORS MARK 5 AA MOUNTING FORWARD AND 4 INCH MARK 16 GUNS IN A TWIN MARK 19 MOUNTING AFT. NOTE THE LAUNCHING RAILS FOR FLARE ROCKETS FITTED TO THE SIDE OF THE MOUNTING. THE GUNS ARE CONTROLLED BY THE CLOSE RANGE BLIND FIRE DIRECTOR SITED JUST FORWARD OF THE 4 INCH MOUNTING. TWO LIMBO ANTI SUBMARINE MORTARS AND THEIR MAGAZINES ARE FITTED IN AN ECHELON ARRANGEMENT AFT. A TYPE 277 HEIGHT FINDING RADAR IS FITTED JUST ABOVE THE BRIDGE. TYPE 293Q AIR SURFACE SEARCH AND TYPE 974 NAVIGATION RADARS ARE FITTED TO THE FOREMAST. IT APPEARS THAT THE SHIP HAS NOT YET BEEN COMMISSIONED AS SHE IS FLYING NO ENSIGN. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION)
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301214
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Format: 4x5"
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