The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
1918. PORT SIDE VIEW OF THE FORMER SOUTH AUSTRALIAN COLONIAL GUNBOAT HMAS (EX HMS EX HMCS) PROTECTOR (I) AS A TENDER TO WILLIAMSTOWN NAVAL DEPOT. THE FORWARD FIRING 8 GUN MOUNTED IN A CASEMATE FORWARD HAS BEEN REMOVED AND THE FORECASTLE BUILT UP AND THE ORIGINAL 6 INCH GUNS REMOVED FROM THE HULL CASEMATES. SHE APPEARS TO BE ARMED WITH A 4 INCH GUN IN THE AFTER CASEMATE WHILE 3 POUNDER GUNS MAY BE JUST DISCERNED ABOVE THE OPEN HATCH IN THE HULL SIDE FORWARD AND JUST BEHIND THE VENTILATORS. HER FUNNEL HAS BEEN SHORTENED AND HER NAINMAST REDUCED TO A STUMP. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION)
PORT MELBOURNE, VIC. 1914. STARBOARD SIDE VIEW OF THE FORMER SOUTH AUSTRALIAN COLONIAL GUNBOAT HMAS (EX HMS EX HMCS) PROTECTOR (I) AS A GUNNERY TENDER TO WILLIAMSTOWN NAVAL DEPOT. THE FORWARD FIRING 8
PORT MELBOURNE, VIC. 1912. PORT BOW VIEW OF THE ARMOURED CRUISER HMS DRAKE, FLAGSHIP OF THE AUSTRALIA STATION. NOTE THE 9.2 INCH GUN TURRET ON THE FORECASTLE. HER 6 INCH SECONDARY ARMAMENT IS MOUNTED
HOBART, TAS. 1903. STARBOARD SIDE VIEW OF THE CRUISER HMS PHOEBE AT ANCHOR IN THE DERWENT RIVER. THE SHIP IS DRESSED FOR THE HOBART REGATTA. NOTE THE 4.7 INCH GUNS MOUNTED JUST FORWARD OF THE BRIDGE A
SYDNEY, NSW. 1913-01-01. STARBOARD SIDE VIEW OF THE ARMOURED CRUISER HMS DRAKE, FORMER FLAGSHIP OF THE AUSTRALIA STATION, DEPARTING FOR THE UNITED KINGDOM. SINGLE 9.2 INCH GUN TURRETS ARE MOUNTED ON T
UNITED KINGDOM. STERN VIEW OF THE ARMOURED CRUISER HMS DRAKE, LATER TO BECOME FLAGSHIP OF THE AUSTRALIA STATION. NOTE THE SINGLE 9.2 INCH GUN TURRET ON THE QUARTERDECK AND HER 6 INCH SECONDARY ARMAMEN
SYDNEY, NSW. C.1947. PORT BOW 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 MOUNTI
