SYDNEY, NSW. 1944-05-07. STARBOARD BROADSIDE VIEW OF THE CORVETTE HMAS JUNEE (J362). SHE IS ARMED ...

Place Oceania: Australia, New South Wales, Sydney
Accession Number 300825
Collection type Photograph
Object type 4x5", Acetate, Silver Gelatin
Physical description 4x5", Acetate, Silver Gelatin
Maker Department of Information
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

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Description

SYDNEY, NSW. 1944-05-07. STARBOARD BROADSIDE VIEW OF THE CORVETTE HMAS JUNEE (J362). SHE IS ARMED WITH A 4 INCH MARK XIX GUN ON A MARK XXIII MOUNTING FORWARD AND THREE SINGLE 20 MM OERLIKON AA GUNS IN THE BRIDGE WINGS AND AFT. TYPE 271 SURFACE SEARCH RADAR IS MOUNTED ABOVE THE BRIDGE AND SC AIR SEARCH RADAR ATOP HER FOREMAST. SHE IS CAMOUFLAGED IN AN OVERALL DARK GREY, PROBABLY G10. NOTE THE TOWER OF FORT DENISON JUST BEFORE HER BOW. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION)