The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
1945. AERIAL PORT BOW VIEW OF THE BATTLESHIP HMS KING GEORGE V. HER 14 INCH MAIN ARMAMENT IS CONTROLLED BY THE DIRECTOR CONTROL TOWER WITH ITS TYPE 274 FIRE CONTROL RADAR SITED BEHIND THE BRIDGE. ABOVE AND BEHIND ARE TWO HIGH ANGLE DIRECTORS, FITTED WITH TYPE 285 FIRE CONTROL RADARS, TO CONTROL THE 5.25 INCH SECONDARY ARMAMENT. TWO MORE ARE MOUNTED ABAFT THE MAINMAST. EIGHT-BARRELLED 2 POUNDER ANTI AIRCRAFT MOUNTINGS CAN BE SEEN ON B TURRET, ABREAST THE FOREMAST AND EACH FUNNEL. SINGLE 20MM OERLIKON AA GUNS ARE FITTED BEHIND THE BREAKWATER. A SINGLE AND A TWIN 20MM MOUNTING ARE FITTED IN THE FORWARD SUPERSTRUCTURE. NOTE THE ARMOUR BELT ALONG THE SHIP'S SIDE. SHE IS PAINTED IN AN ADMIRALTY STANDARD CAMOUFLAGE SCHEME. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION)
SYDNEY, NSW. 1944-12-17. DETAIL VIEW OF THE FORWARD SUPERSTRUCTURE OF THE BATTLESHIP HMS HOWE. NOTE THE TYPE 293 RADAR AT THE HEAD OF THE FOREMAST AND THE TYPE 277 HEIGHT FINDER ON THE STARFISH BELOW.
SYDNEY, NSW. 1944-12-17. DETAIL VIEW OF THE BATTLESHIP HMS HOWE AMIDSHIPS. NOTE THE TYPE 293 RADAR AT THE HEAD OF THE FOREMAST AND THE TYPE 277 HEIGHT FINDER ON THE STARFISH BELOW. THE TWO SECONDARY A
PORTSMOUTH, ENGLAND. AERIAL PORT BOW VIEW OF THE BATTLESHIP HMS VANGUARD RIDING A GALE AT HER ANCHORAGE. SHE IS ARMED WITH 15 INCH MARK I GUNS IN TWIN MARK I/N RP12 TURRETS CONTROLLED BY DIRECTORS ON
AERIAL STARBOARD SIDE VIEW OF THE BATTLESHIP HMS DUKE OF YORK. NOTE THE MARK VII 14 INCH GUNS IN THE MARK II TWIN AND MARK III QUADRUPLE TURRETS AND THE MARK I 5.25 INCH GUNS OF THE SECONDARY ARMAMENT
C.1942. STARBOARD BOW VIEW OF THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER HMS ILLUSTRIOUS. NOTE THE TYPE 281 RADAR AERIALS AT THE HEAD OF THE FOREMAST AND MAINMAST. THE 281 AERIAL ON THE FOREMAST IS SURMOUNTED BY A TYPE 291
SYDNEY, NSW. 1944-12-17. STARBOARD SIDE VIEW OF THE BATTLESHIP HMS HOWE, FLAGSHIP OF ADMIRAL SIR BRUCE FRASER, COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF THE BRITISH PACIFIC FLEET ON HIS ARRIVAL IN SYDNEY. THE TYPE 293 RA
