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SYDNEY, NSW. C.1943. STARBOARD SIDE VIEW OF THE DUTCH FLOTILLA CRUISER TROMP. THE SPLINTER TYPE CAMOUFLAGE SCHEME WORN EARLIER IN THE WAR HAS BEEN REPLACED BY THE AMERICAN MEASURE 22 SCHEME, THE COLOURS PROBABLY CONSISTING OF NAVY BLUE BELOW HAZE GREY. NOTE THE SEARCHLIGHT POSITION ON THE FOREMAST ABOVE WHICH AN AMERICAN SC RADAR HAS REPLACED THAT CARRIED EARLIER. TYPE 271 SURFACE SEARCH RADAR IS MOUNTED BEFORE THE MAST. AMIDSHIPS, ABOVE HER TORPEDO TUBES, TWIN AA MACHINE GUNS AND A SMALL RANGEFINDER HAVE BEEN MOUNTED IN THE SPACE ONCE OCCUPIED BY HER FLOATPLANE. THE SAMPSON POSTS ONCE FITTED AT THE BREAK OF THE FORECASTLE HAVE BEEN REPLACED BY 4 INCH AA GUNS. NOTE THE PROMINENT RANGEFINDER ABOVE THE BRIDGE. ON THE DECKHOUSE AFT ARE TWIN BOFORS 40 MM AA GUNS ON TRIAXIALLY STABILISED HAZEMEYER MOUNTINGS WHICH WERE VERY ADVANCED FOR THE PERIOD. SINGLE 20 MM OERLIKON AA GUNS ARE SITED ON THE CROWNS OF B AND Y TURRETS AND ABAFT THE BRIDGE. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION).
SYDNEY, NSW. C.1942. PORT QUARTER VIEW OF THE DUTCH FLOTILLA CRUISER TROMP AFTER HAVING DAMAGE SUSTAINED IN THE BADUNG STRAIT ACTION REPAIRED. HER PRE WAR COLOUR SCHEME OF LIGHT GREY HAS BEEN SUPERSED
SYDNEY, NSW. C.1942. PORT VIEW OF THE DUTCH FLOTILLA CRUISER TROMP AFTER HAVING DAMAGE SUSTAINED IN THE BADUNG STRAIT ACTION REPAIRED. SHE WEARS A SPLINTER TYPE CAMOUFLAGE SCHEME, OF THREE SHADES OF G
SYDNEY, NSW. C.1942. PORT BOW VIEW OF THE DUTCH FLOTILLA CRUISER TROMP AFTER HAVING DAMAGE SUSTAINED IN THE BADUNG STRAIT ACTION REPAIRED. NOTE THE SPLINTER TYPE CAMOUFLAGE SCHEME, THREE SHADES OF GRE
NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. C.1941-02. STARBOARD SIDE VIEW OF THE DUTCH FLOTILLA CRUISER TROMP PRIOR TO THE BADUNG STRAIT ACTION IN WHICH SHE WAS SERIOUSLY DAMAGED. SHE WEARS A SPLINTER TYPE CAMOUFLAGE S
NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. C.1941-02. STARBOARD QUARTER VIEW OF THE DUTCH FLOTILLA CRUISER TROMP PRIOR TO THE BADUNG STRAIT ACTION IN WHICH SHE WAS SERIOUSLY DAMAGED. SHE WEARS A SPLINTER TYPE CAMOUFLAG
NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. 1941-03-13. AERIAL STARBOARD BOW VIEW OF DUTCH FLOTILLA CRUISER TROMP, AT ANCHOR IN CALM WATER WITH ONE OF HER BOATS AND NATIVE CRAFT ALONGSIDE. SHE IS PAINTED IN HER PRE WAR
