The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
SYDNEY, NSW. 1943. PORT BROADSIDE VIEW OF THE CORVETTE HMAS BENDIGO (I) (J187). THE SHIP SHOWS A NUMBER OF ALTERATIONS FROM HER COMMMISSIONING APPEARANCE. SHE HAS BEEN CAMOUFLAGED IN WHAT APPEARS TO BE A TWO TONE GREY SCHEME, PROBABLY AP507A (THE DARK GREY) AND AP507C. THE PATTERN IS DUPLICATED ON THE STARBOARD SIDE EXCEPT THAT THE DARK TRIANGLE AMIDSHIPS HAS NOT BEEN INCLUDED. A SINGLE 2 POUNDER AA GUN HAS BEEN ADDED ON THE AFTER SUPERSTRUCTURE AND THERE ARE SINGLE 20 MM OERLIKON AA GUNS IN THE BRIDGE WINGS. HER MINESWEEPING GEAR HAS BEEN REDUCED, INCLUDING THE REMOVAL OF THE PROMINENT DAVITS ON THE STERN, AND HER DEPTH CHARGE STOWAGE INCREASED. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION)
C.1943. STARBOARD BROADSIDE VIEW OF THE CORVETTE HMAS BENDIGO (I) (J187), PROBABLY IN THE TOWNSVILLE AREA. THE SHIP SHOWS A NUMBER OF ALTERATIONS FROM HER COMMMISSIONING APPEARANCE. SHE HAS BEEN CAMOU
SYDNEY,NSW. STARBOARD BOW VIEW OF THE CORVETTE HMAS BOWEN (J285) WITH HER SISTER SHIP HMAS MILDURA (J207) IN THE BACKGROUND. THE BOWEN'S ARMAMENT CONSISTS OF A 12 POUNDER AA FORWARD AND THREE 20 MM OE
C.1918. STARBOARD BROADSIDE VIEW OF THE CRUISER HMAS MELBOURNE (I) WHILE OPERATING WITH THE GRAND FLEET. A SOPWITH CAMEL FIGHTER IS CARRIED ON A LAUNCHING PLATFORM FITTED OVER HER FORWARD 6 INCH GUN.
ROSYTH, SCOTLAND. C.1918. STARBOARD BROADSIDE VIEW OF THE CRUISER HMAS MELBOURNE (I) WHILE OPERATING WITH THE GRAND FLEET. THE SHIP HAS BEEN PAINTED IN A DAZZLE CAMOUFLAGE SCHEME. A SOPWITH CAMEL FIGH
STARBOARD BROADSIDE VIEW OF THE HEAVY CRUISER HMAS AUSTRALIA (II) POSSIBLY TAKEN ON 1942-01-08. SHE IS AS SHE APPEARED FOLLOWING HER 1938-1939 REFIT WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE CAMOUFLAGE SCHEME WHICH F
STARBOARD BROADSIDE VIEW OF THE CORVETTE HMAS BENDIGO (I) (J187) MOORED IN SYDNEY HARBOUR. SHE APPEARS AS ORIGINALLY COMMISSIONED. NO CLOSE RANGE ARMAMENT HAS BEEN FITTED. NOTE THE MINESWEEPING KITES
