MADANG HARBOUR, PNG. 1944-05. PORT SIDE VIEW OF THE CORVETTE HMAS GOULBURN (J167). SHE HAS BEEN ...

Place Oceania: New Guinea1, Papua New Guinea, Madang Province, Madang
Accession Number 300719
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Anderson, K
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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MADANG HARBOUR, PNG. 1944-05. PORT SIDE VIEW OF THE CORVETTE HMAS GOULBURN (J167). SHE HAS BEEN CAMOUFLAGED IN A DARK GREY COLOUR, POSSIBLY G10. HER ORIGINAL 4 INCH GUN FORWARD APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN REPLACED BY A 4 INCH MARK XIX ON A MARK XXIII MOUNTING. SINGLE 20 MM OERLIKON AA GUNS ARE FITTED IN EACH BRIDGE WING AND AFT. A TYPE 271 RADAR IS MOUNTED ABOVE THE BRIDGE. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION)