PORT MELBOURNE, VIC. 1956-02-13. A GROUP OF FRENCH MIDSHIPMEN ON THE TRAINING CRUISER JEANNE ...

Place Oceania: Australia, Victoria, Melbourne, Port Melbourne
Accession Number 306381
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white, Paper (Resin-coated), Silver Gelatin
Physical description Black & white, Paper (Resin-coated), Silver Gelatin
Maker Naval Public Relations Section
Conflict Period 1950-1959
Copyright Item copyright: © Australian War Memorial
Creative Commons License This item is licensed under CC BY-NC
Description

PORT MELBOURNE, VIC. 1956-02-13. A GROUP OF FRENCH MIDSHIPMEN ON THE TRAINING CRUISER JEANNE D'ARC. NOTE THE OPEN SIGHTING PORTS IN Y TURRRET AND THE PROMINENT RANGE FINDER ON X TURRET. A NEST OF TWO 40 MM BOFORS AA GUNS IS SITED ON THE AFTER SUPERSTRUCTURE. TWO MORE BOFORS GUNS AND A 20 MM OERLIKON AA GUN ARE AT CENTRE RIGHT. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION).