RABAUL, NEW GUINEA. C.1945-09. HMAS SWAN. HER ORIGINAL SINGLE 4 INCH GUNS HAVE BEEN REPLACED BY ...

Place Oceania: New Guinea1
Accession Number 134252
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Hawtin, Jack Edward
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

RABAUL, NEW GUINEA. C.1945-09. HMAS SWAN. HER ORIGINAL SINGLE 4 INCH GUNS HAVE BEEN REPLACED BY TWIN 4 INCH MARK XVI GUNS. A 40MM BOFORS ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUN IS FITTED IN B POSITION. AMERICAN RADAR (5C OR 5C-1) IS CARRIED AT THE MAST HEAD. TYPE 285 FIRE CONTROL RADAR IS VISIBLE ABOVE THE DIRECTOR.