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AERIAL STARBOARD SIDE VIEW OF BATHURST CLASS MINESWEEPER/CORVETTE HMAS LISMORE (J145). SHE HAS AN UNUSUAL ARRANGEMENT OF CLOSE RANGE ARMAMENT IN THAT TWO SINGLE 20 MM OERLIKON AA GUNS ARE SIDED ON THE FORECASTLE JUST FORWARD OF THE BRIDGE RATHER THAN IN THE BRIDGE WINGS, THE STANDARD POSITION FOR SHIPS OF THIS CLASS. A 2 POUNDER AA GUN IS MOUNTED AFT. NOTE THE KITE/OTTERS AND FLOATS OF HER OROPESA MINESWEEPING GEAR ON THE QUARTERDECK. COMMISSIONED ON 24 JANUARY 1941 LISMORE SAW SERVICE ON THE AUSTRALIAN COAST AND THEN JOINED THE EAST INDIES STATION ON 5 JUNE 1941 FOR SERVICE WITH THE RED SEA FORCE. IN MAY 1943 SHE WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE MEDITERRANEAN COMMAND FOR MINESWEEPING DUTIES. LISMORE REJOINED THE EASTERN FLEET IN OCTOBER 1943 UNTIL 18 NOVEMBER 1944 WHEN SHE TRANSFERRED TO THE BRITISH PACIFIC FLEET. AFTER THE WAR THE SHIP RETURNED TO AUSTRALIA AND PAID OFF. IN JULY 1946 LISMORE WAS SOLD TO THE NETHERLANDS AND RENAMED BATJAN. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION)
SYDNEY, NSW. 1941. PORT BROADSIDE VIEW OF THE CORVETTE HMAS GOULBURN (J167). SHE IS SHOWN AS ORIGINALLY COMMISSIONED WITH UNSHIELDED 4 INCH GUN FORWARD, NO CLOSE RANGE ARMAMENT AND SEARCHLIGHTS SIDED
SYDNEY, NSW. 1941. PORT BOW VIEW OF THE CORVETTE HMAS GOULBURN (J167). SHE IS SHOWN AS ORIGINALLY COMMISSIONED WITH UNSHIELDED 4 INCH GUN FORWARD, NO CLOSE RANGE ARMAMENT AND SEARCHLIGHTS SIDED IN THE
SYDNEY, NSW. 1941. STARBOARD BROADSIDE VIEW OF THE CORVETTE HMAS GOULBURN (J167). SHE IS SHOWN AS ORIGINALLY COMMISSIONED WITH UNSHIELDED 4 INCH GUN FORWARD, NO CLOSE RANGE ARMAMENT AND SEARCHLIGHTS S
1943-06-09. AERIAL STARBOARD BROADSIDE OF THE CORVETTE HMAS COLAC (J242). THE SHIP IS ARMED WITH A 12 POUNDER AA GUN ON THE FORECASTLE AND 20 MM OERLIKON AA GUNS IN THE BRIDGE WINGS AND AFT. THE SHIP
PORT BEAM VIEW OF THE CORVETTE HMAS KATOOMBA (J204), PROBABLY TAKEN IN THE TOWNSVILLE AREA. SHE IS ARMED WITH A 12 POUNDER ON THE FORECASTLE AND SINGLE 20MM OERLIKON AA GUNS IN THE BRIDGE WINGS AND AF
1941-07. STARBOARD SIDE VIEW OF THE CORVETTE HMAS MILDURA (J207) TAKEN PRIOR TO HER COMMISSIONING ON 1941-07-23. NOTE THAT SHE IS FLYING THE RED ENSIGN. SHE IS ARMED ONLY WITH A 4 INCH GUN ON THE FORE
