300763 Accession Number: 300763

Description

SYDNEY, NSW. 1944-12-20. STARBOARD BOW VIEW OF THE CRUISER HMAS HOBART (I) SHOWING HER FINAL WARTIME APPEARANCE. S1 TWIN 4 INCH MOUNTING HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM THE GUNDECK TO A POSITION ABREAST THE FORE FUNNEL. SINGLE 40 MM BOFORS AA GUNS ARE FITTED PORT AND STARBOARD BEFORE THE BRIDGE AND ON THE AFTER SUPERSTRUCTURE. ANOTHER SINGLE BOFORS IS MOUNTED ON TOP OF X TURRET. ON THE STERN ARE TWIN BOFORS IN A HAZEMEYER MOUNTING. TWO MORE ARE MOUNTED ON EITHER SIDE OF THE BRIDGE. AMIDSHIPS ARE TWO QUADRUPLE 2 POUNDER AA MOUNTINGS WITH DIRECTORS FITTED WITH TYPE 282 RADAR IN TUBS NEARBY. TYPE 283 RADAR FOR BARRAGE FIRE IS MOUNTED BEFORE THE BRIDGE AND ON THE AFTER SUPERSTRUCTURE ABOVE A TWIN 20 MM MOUNTING. ABOVE THE BRIDGE THE MAIN DIRECTOR IS FITTED WITH TYPE 284 FIRE CONTROL RADAR. ON THE SIDE OF THE BRIDGE SUPERSTRUCTURE IS THE SECONDARY ARMAMENT DIRECTOR FITTED WITH TYPE 285 RADAR. TYPE 281B AIR SEARCH RADAR IS AT THE HEAD OF THE MAINMAST. HALF WAY UP THE FOREMAST IS A TYPE 277 HEIGHT FINDER AND AT THE HEAD OF THE MAST ARE TYPE 276 AND SG SURFACE SEARCH RADARS. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION)

Details

Conflicts

• Second World War, 1939-1945

Places

• Sydney

Units

• HMAS Hobart (1938-1955)

Tags

• Cruisers
• Heavy cruisers