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SYDNEY, NSW. C.1943. PORT BOW VIEW OF THE FRIGATE HMAS GASCOYNE. SHE IS ARMED WITH TWO 4 INCH MARK XVI GUNS ON MARK XX MOUNTINGS FORE AND AFT. THESE MOUNTINGS WERE UNIQUE TO AUSTRALIAN SHIPS. HER CLOSE RANGE ARMAMENT CONSISTS OF EIGHT 20 MM OERLIKON AA GUNS ON SINGLE MOUNTINGS IN THE BRIDGE WINGS, FORWARD OF THE BREAK OF THE FORECASTLE DECK AND ON THE QUARTERDECK. A HEDGEHOG ANTI SUBMARINE MORTAR IS MOUNTED AHEAD OF THE FORWARD 4 INCH GUN. TYPE 271 RADAR IS CARRIED IN THE LANTERN MOUNTED ABOVE THE BRIDGE AND A SC-1 RADAR IS AT THE FOREPEAK. NOTE THE SHIP'S CAMOUFLAGE SCHEME OF TWO SHADES OF GREY. THE PATTERN ON THE STARBOARD SIDE IS DIFFERENT. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION)
SYDNEY, NSW. 1943-12. PORT BROADSIDE VIEW OF THE FRIGATE HMAS GASCOYNE. SHE IS ARMED WITH TWO 4 INCH MARK XVI GUNS ON MARK XX MOUNTINGS FORE AND AFT. THESE MOUNTINGS WERE UNIQUE TO AUSTRALIAN SHIPS. H
C.1943. AERIAL PORT BROADSIDE VIEW OF THE FRIGATE HMAS GASCOYNE. SHE IS ARMED WITH TWO 4 INCH MARK XVI GUNS ON MARK XX MOUNTINGS FORE AND AFT. THESE MOUNTINGS WERE UNIQUE TO AUSTRALIAN SHIPS. HER CLOS
SYDNEY, NSW. 1943-12. STARBOARD QUARTER VIEW OF THE FRIGATE HMAS GASCOYNE. SHE IS ARMED WITH TWO 4 INCH MARK XVI GUNS ON MARK XX MOUNTINGS FORE AND AFT. THESE MOUNTINGS WERE UNIQUE TO AUSTRALIAN SHIPS
BATAVIA, JAVA. 1946. PORT BOW VIEW OF THE FRIGATE HMAS MACQUARIE (K532). SHE IS ARMED WITH 4 INCH MARK XVI GUNS ON SINGLE MARK XX MOUNTINGS, UNIQUE TO AUSTRALIAN VESSELS, IN B AND X POSITIONS. SINGLE
SYDNEY, NSW. 1944-03-22. AERIAL STARBOARD SIDE VIEW OF THE FRIGATE HMAS BARCOO (K375) SHOWING HER ORIGINAL APPEARANCE. SHE IS PAINTED DARK GREY, PROBABLY G10, ALL OVER. SHE IS FITTED WITH A TYPE 271 S
MORETON BAY, QLD, 1944-07-14. AERIAL PORTSIDE VIEW OF THE NEW RIVER CLASS FRIGATE BURDEKIN RUNNING TRIALS PRIOR TO COMMISSIONING. NOTE THAT SHE DOES NOT WEAR A WHITE ENSIGN. HER 4 INCH MARK XVI GUNS,
