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28 December 1940 HMAS PERTH, (cruiser), was painted in camouflage colours. The pattern and colour scheme was so unusual the ship was requested to 'try again'.
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Sailors from HMAS Sydney (II) who were awarded the Distinguished Service Medal for gallantry during the action with the Italian cruiser Bartolomeo Colleoni, off Cape Spada on 19 July 1940. Left to right: 10745 Chief Petty Officer (later Gunner) Alfred Percival Prior; 15018 Chief Petty Officer Stanley George Silk (KIA 20 November 1941); 19440 Chief Ordnance Artificer Walter John Keane (KIA 20 November 1941); 13814 Chief Stoker Joseph Ernest Beaumont; 19251 Able Seaman Geoffrey Rosevear (KIA 20 N
4" H.A. guns aboard HMAS Sydney, probably while serving in the Mediterranean in the summer of 1940. I've read that later she was fitted with 3-foot high, half-inch thick splinter protection in place of the open railings around these guns Royal Navy, The Mediterranean, Military History, The Battle, Western Australia, Historical Photos, The Coast
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4" H.A. guns aboard HMAS Sydney, probably while serving in the Mediterranean in the summer of 1940. I've read that later she was fitted with 3-foot high, half-inch thick splinter protection in place of the open railings around these guns
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Modified Leander Class Light Cruiser HMAS Sydney pictured nearing completion in the fitting out basin at Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd Shipyard, Wallsend-on-Tyne in 1935.
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Modified Leander Class Light Cruiser HMAS Sydney pictured as she berths at the western wharf in Auckland on April 16th 1937.
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Modified Leander Class Light Cruiser HMAS Perth pictured at Sydney on March 31st 1940.