SYDNEY, NSW. 1925. STARBOARD QUARTER VIEW OF THE CRUISER HMAS SYDNEY (I). A TRIPOD MAST HAS ...

Place Oceania: Australia, New South Wales, Sydney
Accession Number 301400
Collection type Photograph
Object type 4x5", Acetate, Silver Gelatin
Physical description 4x5", Acetate, Silver Gelatin
Conflict Period 1920-1929
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SYDNEY, NSW. 1925. STARBOARD QUARTER VIEW OF THE CRUISER HMAS SYDNEY (I). A TRIPOD MAST HAS REPLACED THE ORIGINAL POLE FOREMAST AND A DIRECTOR TOWER HAS BEEN FITTED TO THE FORETOP. THE MAINMAST HAS BEEN LOWERED. A 3 INCH AA GUN AND A RANGE FINDER HAVE BEEN ADDED ABAFT THE FOURTH FUNNEL AND A SEARCHLIGHT TOWER AFT. A RANGE CLOCK HAS BEEN FITTED TO THE SEARCHLIGHT TOWER. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION)