The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
The aft 6 inch gun on board HMAS Melbourne. The light cruiser was armed with eight guns of this size as well as one 3 inch anti aircraft gun, four 3 pounders, ten smaller guns and two submerged 21 inch torpedo tubes.
One of the 4 inch guns on the battle cruiser HMAS Australia. The ship originally carried eight 12 inch guns, 16 4 inch guns, four 3 pounders, five machine guns, and two 18 inch submerged torpedo tube
1939-12-26. AERIAL PORT BROADSIDE VIEW OF THE CRUISER HMAS ADELAIDE AS SHE APPEARED AFTER HER 1938-1939 REFIT. TWO BOILERS WERE REMOVED AND THE SHIP WAS FULLY CONVERTED TO OIL FIRING. THIS IS REFLECTE
1939-11-08. ELEVATED PORT BROADSIDE VIEW OF THE CRUISER HMAS ADELAIDE AS SHE APPEARED AFTER HER 1938-1939 REFIT. TWO BOILERS WERE REMOVED AND THE SHIP WAS FULLY CONVERTED TO OIL FIRING. THIS IS REFLEC
1940-03-19. PORT BROADSIDE VIEW OF THE CRUISER HMAS ADELAIDE AS SHE APPEARED AFTER HER 1938-1939 REFIT. TWO BOILERS WERE REMOVED AND THE SHIP WAS FULLY CONVERTED TO OIL FIRING. THIS IS REFLECTED IN TH
1940-03-04. AERIAL STARBOARD SIDE VIEW OF THE ARMED MERCHANT CRUISER HMAS WESTRALIA (I). SHE IS ARMED WITH SEVEN 6 INCH GUNS, FOUR ON THE FORECASTLE AND IN THE WELL DECK FORWARD IN SHIELDED MOUNTINGS
The destroyer HMAS Vampire, 1,090 tons, four 4-inch guns, originally six 21-inch torpedo tubes, 34 knots, lost in a Japanese air attack on the Bay of Bengal, 9 April 1942. During the war the second to
