The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
South Australia. 1909. The gunboat CNS (formerly HMCS) Protector which had served in the South Australian colonial navy and was to see service of the RAN during the First World War. Note the 8 inch gun barrel protruding from the forward superstructure. The 6 inch guns mounted on the broadside are trained aft. She flies the White Ensign from the peaks of her fore and main masts and the Australian flag aft. (Donor Imperial War Museum Q21655)
PORT MELBOURNE, VIC. 1914. STARBOARD SIDE VIEW OF THE FORMER SOUTH AUSTRALIAN COLONIAL GUNBOAT HMAS (EX HMS EX HMCS) PROTECTOR (I) AS A GUNNERY TENDER TO WILLIAMSTOWN NAVAL DEPOT. THE FORWARD FIRING 8
1918. PORT SIDE VIEW OF THE FORMER SOUTH AUSTRALIAN COLONIAL GUNBOAT HMAS (EX HMS EX HMCS) PROTECTOR (I) AS A TENDER TO WILLIAMSTOWN NAVAL DEPOT. THE FORWARD FIRING 8 GUN MOUNTED IN A CASEMATE FORWARD
SYDNEY, NSW. STARBOARD SIDE VIEW OF THE TORPEDO GUNBOAT HMS BOOMERANG. NOTE THE 4.7 INCH GUNS FORE AND AFT AND THE 3 POUNDER GUN IN THE EMBRASURE UNDER THE FORECASTLE. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION)
1941-11. STARBOARD BROADSIDE VIEW OF THE CORVETTE HMAS DELORAINE PRIOR TO COMMISSIONING. NOTE THAT SHE FLIES THE RED RATHER THAN THE WHITE ENSIGN AND NO CLOSE RANGE ARMAMENT HAS BEEN FITTED. A 12 POUN
STARBOARD BROADSIDE VIEW OF THE LANDING SHIP INFANTRY HMAS WESTRALIA (I). LANDING CRAFT VEHICLE PERSONNEL ARE STOWED ABOARD THE SHIP AND IN THE WATER ALONGSIDE. A LANDING CRAFT MECHANISED IS CARRIED I
PORT MELBOURNE, VIC. 1901. STARBOARD SIDE VIEW OF THE SCREW GUNBOAT HMS SPARROW. NOTE THE 4 INCH GUNS IN THE BOW, STERN AND IN THE WAIST, ALL TRAINED ON THE BROADSIDE.(NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION)
