Image:HMAS Quickmarch (301276).jpg

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Australian War Memorial image 301276 PORT PHILLIP BAY, VIC. 1955-10-25. STARBOARD BEAM VIEW OF THE FORMER DESTROYER HMAS QUICKMATCH (F04) AFTER HER CONVERSION TO AN ANTI SUBMARINE FRIGATE. EXTERNALLY HER DESTROYER ORIGINS ARE INDICATED ONLY BY HER FUNNEL AND HULL AS ALL SUPERSTRUCTURE ABOVE THE UPPER DECK HAS BEEN REPLACED. THE SHIP'S NEW ARMAMENT CONSISTS OF A TWIN 40 MM BOFORS MARK 5 AA MOUNTING FORWARD AND 4 INCH MARK 16 GUNS IN A TWIN MARK 19 MOUNTING AFT. NOTE THE LAUNCHING RAILS FOR FLARE ROCKETS FITTED TO THE SIDE OF THE MOUNTING. THE GUNS ARE CONTROLLED BY THE CLOSE RANGE BLIND FIRE DIRECTOR SITED JUST FORWARD OF THE 4 INCH MOUNTING. NOTE THE LIMBO ANTI SUBMARINE MORTAR, PAINTED A DARKER COLOUR, AFT. A TYPE 277 HEIGHT FINDING RADAR IS FITTED JUST ABOVE THE BRIDGE. TYPE 293Q AIR SURFACE SEARCH AND TYPE 974 NAVIGATION RADARS ARE FITTED TO THE FOREMAST. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION)
Source

http://www.awm.gov.au/database/collection.asp
Date

October 1955
Author

Royal Australian Navy
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