HMAS Adelaide (AWM 300081) during World War I
Summary
AWM Caption: "Port bow view of the cruiser HMAS Adelaide. She is shown in her third armament configuration, armed with seven 6 inch and two 4 inch AA guns. Two 6 inch guns have been replaced in the waist by depth charge throwers; one of the guns has been remounted on the centreline aft, replacing a 4 inch AA gun. 20 mm Oerlikon AA guns are mounted port and starboard in the bridge wings, amidships and on the searchlight platform. The cruiser has been fitted with air search radar on her foremast, gunnery control radar on her main armament director and surface search radar on a platform forward of the fore funnel."
Tags
Date
1918
Source
Australian War Memorial
Copyright info
Public Domain