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March-April 1958: HMAS QUEENBOROUGH and HMAS QUICKMATCH guests aboard in Noumea. Collection of Graeme Andrews.
3811. A pleasant afternoon on the quarterdecks, as the ships were opened to the local French and Islander populations. On March 27, during the voyage, HMAS Queenborough had achieved 31 knots during full power trials, which was presumably not done at the same time as she was conducting ocean water quality tests and dumping obsolete ammunition either. If fact, we suspect it would have been done to give the CSIRO boffins aboard a thrill.
We imagine them on the forward 40mm bofors gun deck, chins up, eyes closed, short pointy beards headed into the wind, and loving it ...
March-April 1958: HMAS QUEENBOROUGH and HMAS QUICKMATCH guests aboard in Noumea. Collection of Graeme Andrews.
3811. A pleasant afternoon on the quarterdecks, as the ships were opened to the local French and Islander populations. On March 27, during the voyage, HMAS Queenborough had achieved 31 knots during full power trials, which was presumably not done at the same time as she was conducting ocean water quality tests and dumping obsolete ammunition either. If fact, we suspect it would have been done to give the CSIRO boffins aboard a thrill.
We imagine them on the forward 40mm bofors gun deck, chins up, eyes closed, short pointy beards headed into the wind, and loving it ...