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1965: Ships at Dock Pier, Williamstown Naval Dockyard, 'The Cradle of the Navy' - Photo WND.
4737. A foggy old image, but an interesting period piece. In the foreground to the left here is the Port Phillip Pilots Association vessel AKUNA, the former WWII corvette HMAS GLADSTONE. Out on Dock Pier still from the left is the decommissioned [in 1963] frigate ex-HMAS QUICKMATCH, used as a hostel vessel for the crews of other ships in the dockyard when necessary. Beside her is the Battle Class fleet training ship HMAS ANZAC [II], undergoing the final stage of her conversion, with the removal of B turret and bofor gun from B deck and construction of a forward classroom and chartroom there. Across the dock from this pair are the Type 12 frigates HMAS STUART [II] and HMAS YARRA [III], the latter built at WND and commissioned on July 27, 1961. STUART, built at Cockatoo Island Dockyard, followed her into service two years later, on June 28, 1963. They carry their original hull numbers - but on the bow, a recent measure following American practice. HMAS YARRA has steam raised.
Photo: Williamstown Naval Dockyard, it appeared in the WND's booklet marking the 75th Anniversary of the RAN, in 1986.
1965: Ships at Dock Pier, Williamstown Naval Dockyard, 'The Cradle of the Navy' - Photo WND.
4737. A foggy old image, but an interesting period piece. In the foreground to the left here is the Port Phillip Pilots Association vessel AKUNA, the former WWII corvette HMAS GLADSTONE. Out on Dock Pier still from the left is the decommissioned [in 1963] frigate ex-HMAS QUICKMATCH, used as a hostel vessel for the crews of other ships in the dockyard when necessary. Beside her is the Battle Class fleet training ship HMAS ANZAC [II], undergoing the final stage of her conversion, with the removal of B turret and bofor gun from B deck and construction of a forward classroom and chartroom there. Across the dock from this pair are the Type 12 frigates HMAS STUART [II] and HMAS YARRA [III], the latter built at WND and commissioned on July 27, 1961. STUART, built at Cockatoo Island Dockyard, followed her into service two years later, on June 28, 1963. They carry their original hull numbers - but on the bow, a recent measure following American practice. HMAS YARRA has steam raised.
Photo: Williamstown Naval Dockyard, it appeared in the WND's booklet marking the 75th Anniversary of the RAN, in 1986.