HMAS_Kapunda_(AWM_300857).jpg - Wikipedia

Description

AWM caption : PORT BOW VIEW OF THE CORVETTE HMAS KAPUNDA (J218) . KAPUNDA IS ARMED WITH A 4 INCH MARK XIX GUN ON A MARK XXIII MOUNTING IN PLACE OF THE MARK XVI GUN ON A MARK XX MOUNTING FORWARD ORIGINALLY FITTED. THREE SINGLE 20 MM OERLIKON AA GUNS ARE IN THE BRIDGE WINGS AND AFT. TYPE 271 SURFACE SEARCH IS MOUNTED ABOVE THE BRIDGE AND TYPE SC AT THE HEAD OF THE FOREMAST. HER ORIGINAL CAMOUFLAGE SCHEME OF TWO SHADES OF GREY HAS BEEN REPLACED BY A SCHEME OF ALL OVER DARK GREY, PROBABLY G10.

Date

undated. circa. 1944-1946

Source

This image is available from the Collection Database of the Australian War Memorial under the ID Number:

300857

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(NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION)

Author

photographer not identified

Permission
( Reusing this file )

"Copyright expired - public domain"

This image is protected by Crown Copyright because it is owned by the Australian Government or that of the states or territories, and is in the public domain because it was created or published prior to 1974 and the copyright has therefore expired. The government of Australia has declared that the expiration of Crown Copyrights applies worldwide. This has been confirmed by correspondence received by the Volunteer Response Team ( Ticket:2017062010010417 ).

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