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C.1944. STARBOARD SIDE VIEW OF THE DESTROYER HMAS VENDETTA (I) (I69) AFTER CONVERSION TO AN ESCORT DESTROYER. HER TORPEDO TUBES HAVE BEEN LANDED. THE 4 INCH GUN IN A POSITION HAS BEEN REPLACED BY A HEDGEHOG ANTI SUBMARINE MORTAR. THE LOW ANGLE 4 INCH GUNS IN B AND Y POSITIONS HAVE BEEN REPLACED 4 INCH MARK V GUNS ON HIGH ANGLE MARK III MOUNTINGS. THE 12 POUNDER AA GUN FORMERLY MOUNTED ABAFT THE FUNNEL HAS BEEN REPLACED BY A 20MM OERLIKON AA GUN. SINGLE OERLIKON GUNS HAVE BEEN FITTED IN THE BRIDGE WINGS AND ANOTHER AFT. TWO SINGLE 2 POUNDER AA GUNS ARE MOUNTED IN PLACE OF THE AFTER TORPEDO TUBES. NOTE THE DEPTH CHARGE THROWERS NEAR THE AFTER SUPERSTRUCTURE. A TYPE 272 SURFACE SEARCH RADAR IS MOUNTED ON THE SEARCHLIGHT PLATFORM. HER PENNANT NUMBER, FORMERLY PAINTED IN LARGE DARK LETTERS, HAS BEEN REPAINTED IN SMALLER WHITE ONES. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION)
C.1944. PORT SIDE VIEW OF THE DESTROYER HMAS VENDETTA (I) (I69) AFTER CONVERSION TO AN ESCORT DESTROYER. HER TORPEDO TUBES HAVE BEEN LANDED. THE 4 INCH GUN IN A POSITION HAS BEEN REPLACED BY A HEDGEHO
DARWIN, NT. 1943-02. STARBOARD BOW VIEW OF THE DESTROYER HMAS VENDETTA (I) (I69) AFTER REFITTING FOLLOWING HER RETURN TO AUSTRALIA FROM SINGAPORE. X GUN HAS BEEN LANDED. THE 12 POUNDER AA GUN FORMERLY
C.1943. PORT SIDE VIEW OF THE DESTROYER HMAS VENDETTA (I) (I69) AFTER REFITTING FOLLOWING HER RETURN TO AUSTRALIA FROM SINGAPORE. X GUN HAS BEEN LANDED. THE 12 POUNDER AA GUN FORMERLY MOUNTED IN PLACE
SYDNEY, NSW. C.1943. STARBOARD SIDE VIEW OF THE DESTROYER HMAS VENDETTA (I) (I69) AFTER REFITTING FOLLOWING HER RETURN TO AUSTRALIA FROM SINGAPORE. X GUN HAS BEEN LANDED. THE 12 POUNDER AA GUN FORMERL
STARBOARD SIDE VIEW OF THE DESTROYER HMAS VENDETTA (I) (D69). SHE RETAINS HER FULL 4 INCH GUN ARMAMENT BUT THE 2 POUNDER AA GUN INITIALLY MOUNTED ABAFT THE FUNNEL HAS BEEN REPLACED BY A QUADRUPLE .5 I
SYDNEY, NSW. 1944-01-08. PORT BROADSIDE VIEW OF THE DESTROYER HMAS STUART (I) (I00). SHE HAS BEEN REARMED AS AN ESCORT DESTROYER. ONLY B AND X 4.7 INCH BL MARK I GUNS REMAIN. A MOUNTING HAS BEEN REPLA
