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World War 2, Western Australia, Fremantle, Swanbourne Battery, 60 inch Sperry Searchlight

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1939 - 1945

Subcollections

Fortress Fremantle and the Defence of Western Australia

Overview

Swanbourne Battery had 2x6" MK VII Guns and 2 Coast Artillery Searchlights. The maximum effective range of the searchligts in good conditions at night was 5 miles. With the introduction of RADAR fire-control range finders in Fremantle in early 1943, guns

Details

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-32-AMWA65012

Item type

Photographs

Themes

War and Conflict

Material

Photographic Media

Contextual information

P2020.99.332
MI1989.051

Year

Last modified

Sunday, 28 June, 2026

Completeness

83

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