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STEM TO STERN 7: WARRAMUNGA twin 4.7-inch B mounting, G.I. ca 1958 - Shaughn Lowry.
5890. These mounts were among the last hand-loaded main armament weapons in the RAN, with perhaps only the 4-inch guns on the Q Class Type 15 fast anti-submarine frigates - QUICKMATCH and Co - lasting longer.
A total of 24 Tribal Class destroyers were built for the Royal Navy, with an exceptionally high attrition rate of 12 lost. A Further eight were built by Canada, for one lost, and the three RAN ships, which all survived their conflicts.
Photo: late Shaughn Lowry, with permission of owner Allen Pew, via Geoff Eastwood, Sydney.
STEM TO STERN 7: WARRAMUNGA twin 4.7-inch B mounting, G.I. ca 1958 - Shaughn Lowry.
5890. These mounts were among the last hand-loaded main armament weapons in the RAN, with perhaps only the 4-inch guns on the Q Class Type 15 fast anti-submarine frigates - QUICKMATCH and Co - lasting longer.
A total of 24 Tribal Class destroyers were built for the Royal Navy, with an exceptionally high attrition rate of 12 lost. A Further eight were built by Canada, for one lost, and the three RAN ships, which all survived their conflicts.
Photo: late Shaughn Lowry, with permission of owner Allen Pew, via Geoff Eastwood, Sydney.