SYDNEY, NSW. 1943-01. PORT BROADSIDE VIEW OF THE AUXILIARY MINELAYER HMAS BUNGAREE. NOTE THE 12 ...

Place Oceania: Australia, New South Wales, Sydney
Accession Number 300491
Collection type Photograph
Object type 4x5", Polyester, Silver Gelatin
Physical description 4x5", Polyester, Silver Gelatin
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

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Description

SYDNEY, NSW. 1943-01. PORT BROADSIDE VIEW OF THE AUXILIARY MINELAYER HMAS BUNGAREE. NOTE THE 12 POUNDER AA GUN MOUNTED IN THE BANDSTAND FORWARD. TWO 4 INCH GUNS WITH DESTROYER TYPE HALF SHIELDS ARE MOUNTED RIGHT AFT, ONE SUPERFIRING OVER THE OTHER. SINGLE 20 MM GUNS ARE FITTED NEAR THE FOREMAST AND IN THE WAIST. TWO 2 POUNDER AA GUNS IN SINGLE MOUNTINGS ARE MOUNTED JUST FORWARD OF THE SECOND 4 INCH GUN. NOTE THE RANGEFINDER AT BACK OF THE BRIDGE. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION)