301382
Photograph 301382 Period 1940-1949SYDNEY, NSW. 1947-01-14. PORT QUARTER VIEW OF THE SLOOP HMAS SWAN (II). HER ORIGINAL MAIN ARMAMENT OF THREE 4 INCH MARK V GUNS AND A QUADRUPLE .5 INCH VICKERS MACHINE GUN HAS BEEN REPLACED BY FOUR 4 I
301379 Accession Number: 301379
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SYDNEY, NSW. 1947-01-14. PORT BEAM VIEW OF THE SLOOP HMAS SWAN (II). HER ORIGINAL MAIN ARMAMENT OF THREE 4 INCH MARK V GUNS AND A QUADRUPLE .5 INCH VICKERS MACHINE GUN HAS BEEN REPLACED BY FOUR 4 INCH MARK XVI GUNS ON TWIN MARK XIX MOUNTINGS IN A AND X POSITIONS AND A 40 MM BOFORS AA GUN IN B POSITION. THE SINGLE 20 MM OERLIKON AA GUNS CARRIED DURING HOSTILITIES HAVE BEEN LANDED. SC-1 RADAR IS FITTED TO THE MASTHEAD AND TYPE 276 RADAR IS ON A SMALL PLATFORM HALFWAY UP THE TRIPOD MAST WHICH HAS REPLACED THE ORIGINAL POLE MAST. TYPE 285 FIRE CONTROL RADAR IS MOUNTED ABOVE THE HIGH ANGLE DIRECTOR BEHIND THE BRIDGE. NOTE THE MINESWEEPING KITE/OTTER ON THE STERN. SHE HAS NO PENNANT NUMBER PAINTED UP AND HAS A BROAD BLACK STRIPE AT THE TOP OF HER FUNNEL INDICATING THAT SHE IS A SENIOR OFFICER'S SHIP, IN THIS CASE OF THE 20TH MINESWEEPING FLOTILLA AS INDICATED BY THE NUMERALS ON HER FUNNEL. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION)
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