HMAS Onslow and Vampire

[khiemtran]

After fishing, shopping and ramen yesterday, we headed to the National Maritime Museum in Darling Harbour, where we clambered around the destroyer Vampire, the submarine Onslow and the replica of the Endeavour. (At the bottom right of the picture below, you can also see a Viking ship they're currently building. That's still off-limits until later this month.)

I'm going to post more about the HMB Endeavour shortly, but, first up, let's take a quick look at Vampire and Onslow...




Here's Liem peering through the periscope of the Onslow. We've been on the Vampire before, but this is the first time he's been on a submarine.



An assortment of sensors on top of the conning tower. I think the periscope is actually second from the right.



A view of the forward torpedo tubes. You can see the screw of a torpedo in the top left tube.



Torpedoes look pretty much like you'd expect them to.



Liem in the engine room. The Onslow has two diesel powered engines, plus an array of batteries.





A hatch on the top of the submarine.



And a view of the bow.



Meanwhile, here's a view of the operations room of the HMAS Vampire. This is where the ship would really be commanded from in a battle, the nerve centre of the ship.



The destroyer Vampire has six 4.5 inch guns mounted in three turrets.



Here's a peek at what it looks like inside each turret.



And a glimpse of the eyes of the ship.



Next up: some things you might not know about James Cook's most famous ship...

Comments

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

Whoa, pretty high tech. And I always think that a submarine would NOT be a good posting for someone with claustrophobia.

In the picture of the sensors, do you know what the middle one is? Seems like it might be something for radio or other electromagnetic reception.

[khiemtran.livejournal.com]

Yes, it's some sort of directional radio antenna, so I would guess it's a from of radar. Also, thinking about things a bit more, I think the one on the far right is actually the periscope.