The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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 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 ON THE STERN WHILE 3 POUNDER GUNS MAY BE JUST DISCERNED ABOVE THE OPEN HATCH IN THE HULL SIDE FORWARD AND JUST BEHIND THE VENTILATORS. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION)
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
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
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
South Australia. 1909. The gunboat CNS (formerly HMCS) Protector which had served in the South Australian colonial navy and was to see service of the RAN during the First World War. Note the 8 inch gu
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
C.1912. PORT SIDE VIEW OF THE CRUISER HMS EURYALUS. NOTE THE 9.2 INCH GUN TURRETS ON THE FORECASTLE AND QUARTERDECK. NOTE THE 6 INCH GUNS IN TWO STOREYED CASEMATES AND ON THE LOWER DECK. ONLY THE HIGH
