The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
PORT MELBOURNE, VIC. 1954-02-06. PORT BOW VIEW OF THE CANADIAN CRUISER HMCS ONTARIO (32) COMING ALONGSIDE. SHE HAS AN EXTENSIVE ELECTRONICS OUTFIT INCLUDING A TYPE 274 FIRE CONTROL RADAR ON THE MAIN ARMAMENT DIRECTOR, TYPE 275 FIRE CONTROL SET FOR THE SECONDARY ARMAMENT ON THE MARK 6 SECONDARY DIRECTOR ABREAST THE BRIDGE, A TYPE 277 HEIGHT HEIGHT FINDER BEHIND THE MAIN DIRECTOR, TYPE 293 AND AN AMERICAN EQUIPMENT AT THE HEAD OF THE FOREMAST AND TYPE 281B AIR SEARCH RADAR ON THE MAINMAST. A SINGLE 40 MM BOFORS MARK 7 AA GUN IS SITED BEFORE HER BRIDGE AND AN AMERICAN QUADRUPLE MARK 2 BOFORS ABREAST THE BRIDGE. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION).
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
SINGAPORE. 1955. STARBOARD SIDE VIEW OF THE CRUISER HMS NEWCASTLE AS SHE APPEARED AFTER HER 1952 MODERNISATION. SHE HAS BEEN FITTED WITH A NEW BRIDGE STRUCTURE STEAMLINED TO REDUCE ATOMIC BLAST EFFECT
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
PORT QUARTER VIEW OF THE BATTLESHIP HMS DUKE OF YORK AS SHE APPEARED POST WAR. SHE IS DRESSED OVERALL AND HER COMPANY ARE MANNINNG THE SIDE. NOTE THE EIGHT BARRELLED 2 POUNDER AA GUN ON MOUNTED THE CR
1949-03-04. PORT QUARTER VIEW OF THE HEAVY CRUISER HMAS AUSTRALIA (II) IN HER POSTWAR CONFIGURATION. A TYPE 274 GUNNERY RADAR AERIAL IS MOUNTED ON THE MAIN ARMAMENT DIRECTOR WITH TYPE 285 ON THE AFTER
BANGKOK, THAILAND. 1956. STARBOARD SIDE VIEW OF THE CRUISER HMS NEWFOUNDLAND AS SHE APPEARED AFTER HER 1952 MODERNISATION. SHE HAS BEEN FITTED WITH A NEW BRIDGE STRUCTURE STEAMLINED TO REDUCE ATOMIC B
