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AERIAL PORT QUARTER VIEW OF THE DESTROYER HMAS QUIBERON (G81). SHE IS ARMED WITH FOUR 4.7 INCH MARK IX GUNS IN SINGLE CPXVIII MOUNTINGS, OF WHICH X MOUNTING IS TRAINED FORWARD Y MOUNTING RIGHT AROUND TO PORT. A QUADRUPLE 2 POUNDER AA MOUNTING IS SITED ABAFT THE FUNNEL. TWIN 20 MM OERLIKON AA GUNS ARE FITTED IN THE BRIDGE WINGS AND FOUR SINGLE 20 MM GUNS MOUNTED AROUND THE SEARCHLIGHT PLATFORM AMIDSHIPS. QUADRUPLE BANKS OF TORPEDO TUBES ARE FITTED FORE AND AFT OF THE SEARCHLIGHT PLATFORM. NOTE THE DEPTH CHARGE RAILS AND THROWERS AFT. A TYPE 291 RADAR AERIAL IS AT THE MASTHEAD AND A TYPE 285 FIRE CONTROL RADAR AERIAL IS MOUNTED ABOVE THE HIGH ANGLE DIRECTOR. HER CAMOUFLAGE SCHEME IS THE ADMIRALTY STANDARD TYPE, BUT WITH THE BLUE PANEL ON THE HULL, WHICH NORMALLY EXTENDED TO THE END OF THE SUPERSTRUCTURE AFT, CONTINUED TO THE STERN. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION)
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Format: 5x7"
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