World War 2, Western Australia, Fremantle, Swanbourne Battery, 60 inch Sperry Searchlight
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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
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Registration number
cwa-org-32-AMWA65012
Item type
Themes
Contextual Information
P2020.99.332
MI1989.051
Last modified
Sunday, 1 December, 2024
Australian Army Museum of Western Australia
Australian Army Museum of Western Australia
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