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1941-07-28. AERIAL PORT SIDE VIEW OF THE ARMED MERCHANT CRUISER HMAS WESTRALIA (I). SHE IS ARMED WITH SEVEN 6 INCH GUNS, FOUR ON THE FORECASTLE AND IN THE WELL DECK FORWARD IN SHIELDED MOUNTINGS AND THREE AFT UNSHIELDED. TWO SINGLE 3 INCH AA GUNS ARE SITED ON THE AFTER SUPERSTRUCTURE. HER MAINMAST HAS BEEN TAKEN OUT AND A PLATFORM FOR A SEAGULL AIRCRAFT FITTED. A SMALL MAST WITH A DERRICK FOR HANDLING THE AIRCRAFT HAS BEEN STEPPED AT THE AFTER END OF THE SUPERSTRUCTURE. SHE RETAINS HER CIVILIAN PAINT SCHEME. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION)
1940-03-04. AERIAL STARBOARD SIDE VIEW OF THE ARMED MERCHANT CRUISER HMAS WESTRALIA (I). SHE IS ARMED WITH SEVEN 6 INCH GUNS, FOUR ON THE FORECASTLE AND IN THE WELL DECK FORWARD IN SHIELDED MOUNTINGS
C.1940. AERIAL PORT SIDE VIEW OF THE ARMED MERCHANT CRUISER HMAS MANOORA. SHE IS ARMED WITH SEVEN 6 INCH GUNS. FOUR ARE IN SHIELDED MOUNTINGS FORWARD, SITED ON THE FORECASTLE AND WELL DECK. TWO OF THE
C.1940. AERIAL VIEW OF THE ARMED MERCHANT CRUISER HMAS MANOORA. SHE IS ARMED WITH SEVEN 6 INCH GUNS. FOUR ARE IN SHIELDED MOUNTINGS FORWARD, SITED ON THE FORECASTLE AND WELL DECK. TWO OF THE REMAINING
DEVONPORT, ENGLAND. STARBOARD SIDE VIEW OF THE CRUISER HMS GALATEA AS COMPLETED. SHE HAS SINGLE 4 INCH MARK V HA GUNS GROUPED AROUND THE MAINMAST AND A STUMP DERRICK MAST TO HANDLE AN AIRCRAFT THAT WA
WILLIAMSTOWN, VIC. 1940. STARBOARD BOW VIEW OF THE AUXILIARY MINESWEEPER HMAS PATERSON AS CONVERTED FOR NAVAL SERVICE. THE HEAVY MAST WITH A DERRICK PREVIOUSLY STEPPED BEFORE THE HATCH HAS BEEN TAKEN
WILLIAMSTOWN, VIC. C.1942. STARBOARD SIDE VIEW OF THE AUXILIARY MINESWEEPER HMAS PATERSON AS CONVERTED FOR NAVAL SERVICE. THE HEAVY MAST WITH A DERRICK PREVIOUSLY STEPPED BEFORE THE HATCH HAS BEEN TAK
