300358
Photograph 300358 Period 1940-1949C.1949. STARBOARD SIDE VIEW OF THE RIVER CLASS FRIGATE HMAS BARCOO IN HER INITIAL CONFIGURATION AS A SURVEY VESSEL. HER ANTI SUBMARINE ARMAMENT HAS BEEN REMOVED. THE FORWARD 4 INCH MK XX MOUNTING HAS
300352 Accession Number: 300352
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SYDNEY, NSW. C.1961. STARBOARD SIDE VIEW OF THE FORMER FRIGATE HMAS BARCOO IN HER FINAL CONFIGURATION AS A SURVEY VESSEL. ALL OF HER PREVIOUS ARMAMENT HAS BEEN REMOVED EXCEPT FOR THE SINGLE 40 MM BOFORS AA GUN FITTED TO THE TOP OF THE FORWARD DECKHOUSE. THE FOREMAST HAS BEEN STIFFENED. A TYPE 974 RADAR HAS REPLACED THE TYPE A276 PREVIOUSLY CARRIED. A SUBSTANTIAL FRAMEWORK FOR AN AWNING HAS BEEN FITTED OVER THE BRIDGE. AFT A LARGE DECKHOUSE HAS REPLACED THE 4 INCH GUN MOUNTING AND A TALL POLEMAST STEPPED. THE SHIP HAS BEEN PAINTED IN THE TRADITIONAL SURVEY COLOURS OF WHITE HULL AND SUPERSTRUCTURE WITH A BUFF FUNNEL. NOTE THE ARRAY OF ANCHORS BY THE FORWARD SUPERSTRUCTURE. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION).
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300352
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Negative
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Format: 4x5"
Support: Acetate
Support: Acetate
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Whole
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