The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
PORT MELBOURNE, VIC. C.1940. AERIAL PORT VIEW OF THE AUXILIARY MINESWEEPER HMAS DOOMBA (EX HMS WEXFORD) ALONGSIDE STATION PIER. SHE HAS BEEN ARMED WITH A 4 INCH GUN ON A BANDSTAND FORWARD. PROTECTIVE PLATING HAS BEEN FITTED TO HER BRIDGE SUPERSRUCTURE AND A SEARCHLIGHT POSITION PLACED AMIDSHIPS. NOTE THE KITE/OTTER AND FLOATS OF THE OROPESA MINESWEEPING GEAR ON THE STERN. NOTE THE 4 INCH GUN MOUNTED ON THE DEFENSIVELY EQUIPPED MERCHANT SHIP (DEMS) IN THE LEFT BACKGROUND. ON THE RIGHT ARE THE BOWS OF THE ARMED MERCHANT CRUISER HMS HECTOR, WITH TWO OF HER 6 INCH GUNS PROMINENT. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION)
1942-09-15. AERIAL VIEW OF THE CORVETTE HMAS GOULBURN (J167). SHE IS ARMED WITH A 4 INCH GUN FORWARD. NOTE THE KITE/OTTERS AND MINESWEEPING FLOATS OF HER OROPESA MINESWEEPING GEAR ON THE STERN, WHERE
1942-09-15. AERIAL STARBOARD QUARTER VIEW OF THE CORVETTE HMAS GOULBURN (J167). SHE IS ARMED WITH A 4 INCH GUN FORWARD. NOTE THE KITE/OTTERS AND MINESWEEPING FLOATS OF HER OROPESA MINESWEEPING GEAR ON
1942-09-15. AERIAL STARBOARD BROADSIDE VIEW OF THE CORVETTE HMAS GOULBURN (J167). SHE IS ARMED WITH A 4 INCH GUN FORWARD. NOTE THE KITE/OTTERS AND MINESWEEPING FLOATS OF HER OROPESA MINESWEEPING GEAR
SYDNEY, NSW. C.1942. PORT BROADSIDE VIEW OF THE AUXILIARY ANTI SUBMARINE VESSEL HMAS DOOMBA (EX HMS WEXFORD) (J01). SHE HAS BEEN CONVERTED FROM HER FORMER ROLE AS AN AUXILIARY MINESWEEPER. THE 4 INCH
1943-11-27. AERIAL PORT SIDE VIEW OF THE AUXILIARY ANTI SUBMARINE VESSEL HMAS DOOMBA (EX HMS WEXFORD) (J01). SHE HAS BEEN CONVERTED FROM HER FORMER ROLE AS AN AUXILIARY MINESWEEPER. THE 4 INCH GUN IS
SYDNEY, NSW. C.1942. STARBOARD BROADSIDE VIEW OF THE AUXILIARY ANTI SUBMARINE VESSEL HMAS DOOMBA (EX HMS WEXFORD) (J01). SHE HAS BEEN CONVERTED FROM HER FORMER ROLE AS AN AUXILIARY MINESWEEPER. THE 4
