STARBOARD BOW VIEW OF THE HEAVY CRUISER HMAS AUSTRALIA (II) IN HER POSTWAR CONFIGURATION. SHE IS ...

STARBOARD BOW VIEW OF THE HEAVY CRUISER HMAS AUSTRALIA (II) IN HER POSTWAR CONFIGURATION. SHE IS FLAGSHIP OF THE AUSTRALIAN SQUADRON WITH A REAR ADMIRAL'S FLAG FLYING FROM THE FOREMAST. A TYPE 284 GUNNERY RADAR AERIAL IS MOUNTED ON THE MAIN ARMAMENT DIRECTOR WITH TYPE 285 ON THE AFTER DIRECTOR JUST BEFORE THE MAINMAST AND ALSO ON THE SECONDARY ARMAMENT HIGH ANGLE DIRECTORS SIDED ON THE FORWARD SUPERSTRUCTURE. AN AERIAL FOR TYPE 277 SURFACE SEARCH RADAR IS ON PLATFORM FORWARD OF THE FOREMAST, REPLACING THE TYPE 273 LANTERN PREVIOUSLY MOUNTED ABAFT THE DIRECTOR. TYPE 293 TARGET INDICATION RADAR IS FITTED TO THE TOP OF THE FOREMAST. A TYPE 281 AIR SEARCH AERIAL IS FITTED ATOP THE MAINMAST. X TURRET AND MUCH OF THE CLOSE RANGE ARMAMENT HAVE BEEN LANDED. HER NARROW ARMOUR BELT CAN BE SEEN AMIDSHIPS JUST ABOVE THE BOOT TOPPING. NOTE THE WHIP AERIALS ON HER FORWARD AND AFTER FUNNEL. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION).