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HMAS Vampire and HMAS Onslow,		The Welcome Wall
HMAS Advance P83		Cape Bowling Green Lighthouse

s from training ship NSS ''Vernon'' (1839) modified for mooring, now Merchant Navy memorial on Tasman Island, southern Tasmania, and a Royal Australian Navy Westland Wessex Mark 31-B helicopter The Australian National Maritime Museum, a maritime museum operated as a statutory authority of the Australian Government, is located at Darling Harbour, Sydney, New South Wales (...)

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Stern Aspect
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HMAS Vampire (D11) was the third of three Australian-built Daring-class destroyers serving in the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). One of the first all-welded ships built in Australia, she was constructed at Cockatoo Island Dockyard and commissioned into the RAN on 23 June 1959. Vampire regularly deployed to SE Asia during her career and escorted the troop transport HMAS Sydney on six of the latter's 25 transport voyages to Vietnam. In 1977, the destroyer was assigned to escort the Royal Yacht Britannia during Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Phillip's visit to Australia. She was reclassified as a training ship in 1980 and decommissioned in 1988 when she was presented to the Australian National Maritime Museum for preservation as a museum ship. Her main armament consisted of six 4.5-in Mk V guns in three dual turrets. Six 40mm Bofors guns were fitted for AA protection, two single mounts on the forward superstructure, and two twin mounts on the aft superstructure. Four 0.5-in Browning machine guns were fitted for point defence. A five-tube, 21-in Mk IV torpedo launcher was installed between the forward and aft superstructures. A Limbo ASW mortar was on the quarterdeck. The Bofors, torpedo launcher, and Limbo were all removed as part of various refits. HMAS Onslow (SS 60/SSG 60) was one of six Oberon-class submarines operated by the RAN. Commissioned in 1968, she never saw active service. During her career, Onslow became the first conventionally-powered submarine to be fitted with anti-ship missiles. Onslow was decommissioned in 1999, and presented to the Australian National Maritime Museum. The boat's main armament were the six 21-in bow torpedo tubes. The British Mk 8 steam-powered torpedo was initially carried but was replaced by the wire-guided Mk 23. A 1982-84 refit saw her equipped with UGM-84 Sub Harpoon and US Mk 48 wire-guided torpedoes. Some or all of the torpedo payload could be replaced by Mk 5 Stonefish sea mines, deployed through the torpedo tubes. The submarine's secondary armament consisted of two stern-mounted, short-length 21-in torpedo tubes intended for use against pursuing submarines, but the development of steerable wire-guided torpedoes shortly after the boat entered service made these redundant, and they were sealed during the 1982-84 refit. Seen at their berth at the ANMM from aboard a harbour ferry.


Darling Harbour
Made by brianapa
(Submarine): HMAS Onslow (S-60), named for Onslow in Western Australia, was an Oberon-class submarine laid down by Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company at Greenock in Scotland on 26 May 1967. On 17 July 1968, she was slightly damaged by fire, delaying her launch until 3 December 1968. Onlsow commissioned on 22 December 1969 and served in the 1st Submarine Squadron, based at HMAS Platypus at Neutral Bay in Sydney. HMAS Onslow paid off in 1997 and is preserved at the Australian National Maritime Museum at Darling Harbour in Sydney. (Ship): HMAS Vampire (D11) was the third of three Australian-built Daring-class destroyers serving in the Royal Australian Navy. She was laid down by the Cockatoo Island Dockyard at Sydney in New South Wales on 1 July 1952, launched on 27 October 1956 and commissioned on 23 June 1959. Vampire spent most of her career on exercises and tours through South East Asia. Her only wartime duties were to escort the aircraft carrier HMAS Sydney to Vietnam in 1965 and 1966, and to conduct active patrols off Malaya and Borneo during the Indonesian Confrontation of 1966. In 1977, Vampire was tasked as the escort of HMY Britannia during the Australian section of Queen Elizabeth II's Silver Jubilee tour of the Commonwealth. In 1980, she was refitted as a training vessel. Vampire paid off on 13 August 1986, and was preserved as a museum ship at the Australian National Maritime Museum at Darling Harbour in Sydney's Port Jackson, where it serves as the museum's largest floating exhibition. Vampire is the largest museum ship in Australia.


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3 exp at f/4.5, ISO 200, 11mm, 1/5 sec. at 0 EV Darling Harbour | Sydney | NSW | Australia ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Daring class destroyer HMAS Vampire is Australia's largest museum vessel. It represents the era of big gun ships now superseded by the modern missile navy. The Darings were the largest destroyers, and the first large all welded ships, built in Australia. They were a British design dating from the later stages of World War II, and were the products of the technology and strategies of the time. They provided aircraft carrier escort and gunfire support to the Fleet. Their strong, lightweight construction, combined with powerful steam turbines, allowed high speeds with maximum armament, which included 3 twin turrets housing 4.5 guns, anti aircraft guns, torpedo launchers and anti submarine mortars. The cramped living spaces onboard graphically illustrate the nature of warship design where machinery, communications and weaponry came before the comfort of the crew HMAS Vampire was the last of the three Daring class destroyers built in Australia. Originally ordered in 1946, Vampire was built between 1952 and 1956 at Cockatoo Island Dockyard, Sydney, launched on the 27 October 1956, and commissioned on 23 June 1959. Vampire served in the Royal Australian Navy from 1959 to 1986, and during this 27 year period, steamed a total of 808,026 nautical miles. Source: www.anmm.gov.au


Pyrmont Bridge, Darling Harbour, Sydney, Australia
Made by Thad Roan - Bridgepix
Bridgepixing on the deck of the Pyrmont Bridge in Darling Harbour, Sydney, Australia. Contrasting the old and the new: the old green-roofed Bridgekeeper's House, and the new Monorail, and in the background, the gold Sydney Tower. Additional Bridge Photos and a Bridge Blog at www.Bridgepix.com. The Pyrmont Bridge is a swing bridge over Cockle Bay in Darling Harbour (part of Sydney Harbour) in Sydney, Australia. The foundation stone was laid on 6 December 1899 by the Hon. E. W. O'Sullivan and the bridge was opened for traffic on 28 June 1902 by the Governor of New South Wales, His Excellency Sir Harry Holdsworth Rawson KGB. The engineer was Percy Allan (1861–1930). The bridge had one of the largest swing spans in the world and it was one of the first to be powered by electricity. Engineers Australia has recognized the bridge as a National Engineering Landmark. The bridge was closed to vehicular traffic in the 1980s, the traffic having been diverted over new freeway structures built further south of Cockle Bay, and it was then re-opened as a pedestrian bridge as part of the re-development of Darling Harbour as a recreational pedestrian precinct. It now also carries an elevated monorail which travels between Darling Harbour and the Sydney central business district. (Wikipedia)


HMAS Vampire Destroyer
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Australia's largest museum vessel is this Daring class destroyer from the RAN. Special tours above and below decks, with sound and light simulations of life and action on board, are tremendously popular with Museum visitors young and old. Built in 1956 at Cockatoo Island Dockyard, Sydney, HMAS Vampire represents the era of big guns superseded now by the modern missile navy. Her cramped living spaces graphically illustrate the nature of warship design: machinery, communications and weaponry come before the comfort of the many crew. Volunteers operate operate an amateur radio station callsign VK2CCV from the bridge wireless office every Saturday from 0000 till 0600 UTC (the old GMT). Length: 118.65 m overall Beam: 13.11 m Draft: 3.88 m mean, 5.49 m maximum Displacement: 2,800 tons standard, 3,950 tons full load Propulsion: 54,000 shp English Electric geared turbines, two Foster Wheeler boilers, twin screws and rudders Speed: 30+ knots Oil-fuel capacity: 600 tons Range: 3,030 nautical miles (5,612 km) at 20 knots Original Armament: Six 4.5-inch (114 mm) dual-purpose guns in three twin mountings; two single and two twin 40/60 mm Bofors AA guns; Mark 10 Limbo anti-submarine mortar; quintuple 21 torpedo launcher Complement: 219 + 75 trainees (1980s configuration)


HMAS Onslow - Australia
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Venture into the secret world of submarine warfare on board HMAS Onslow, one of the Royal Australian Navy's Oberon class boats now superseded by the Collins class. Decommissioned just weeks before coming to the Museum, this boat is complete and in close to operational condition. Onslow, named after a Western Australian town, had two namesakes in the Royal Navy, respectively WW1 and WW2 destroyers. An interactive audio tour is available for both the Oberon class submarine Onslow and destroyer Vampire. Builder: Scotts shipbuilding, Greenock, Scotland Launched: 3 December 1968 Length: 90.06 m Beam: 8.07 m Draft (surfaced): 5.79 m Displacement: 2,186 tons surfaced, 2,417 tons dived Propulsion: 2 x mechanically supercharged Admiralty Standard Range (ASR 1) diesels with 2 x English Electric generators Speed: 15+ knots submerged Maximum depth: over 120 metres Armament: Six torpedo tubes forward capable of firing anti-ship and submarine Mk 48 Heavyweight torpedos, and anti-ship encapsulated UGM-84 Harpoon missiles Complement: 10 officers, 58 sailors


Spirit of Australia
Made by f0rbe5
This is literally a home-built boat that Ken Darby put together in his back yard in Sydney in order to achieve his dream of breaking the world water speed record. He gave up his job to work on the project full-time and completed the vessel in 1974. Powered by a J34 Westinghouse jet removed from a Neptune anti-submarine warfare aircraft, he achieved his dream in November 1977, reaching a speed of 288.6 mph. The following year, he improved on his record, with a speed of 317.6 mph (511.12 km/h), making him the only man to have travelled on water at over 300 mph and 500 km/h. Several people have subsequently died trying to break his record and others are still trying. Seen in pride of place in the Australian National Maritime Museum in Darling Harbour, which is part of Sydney Harbour, New South Wales, Australia.


HMAS Advance
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Twenty Attack-class patrol boats were built for the Royal Australian Navy between 1967 and 1969. Advance was commissioned in 1968 and served out of Darwin in the Northern Territory until 1980. She became an Australian TV star, featuring in the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's TV series Patrol Boat. Displacing 148 tonnes, she has a hull of steel and a superstructure of aluminium and could reach a top speed of 21 kts. Her crew of 19 could man the bow-mounted 40mm gun and two 12.7mm heavy machine-guns. Seen as an exhibit at the Australian National Maritime Museum in Darling Harbour, which is part of Sydney Harbour, New South Wales, Australia.


Water Beings
Made by f0rbe5
These sculptures show some of the methods used by the Aboriginal people of Maningrida in the Northern Territory to interpret aquatic animals and beings. Items include a stingray (1), mud crab (2), turtle (3) and prawn (4) by Jill Yirrindili, Ngalyod the Rainbow Serpent, with a feathered crest (5) by Lena Yarinkura, a crocodile with a figure in its mouth (6) by Bob Burruwal and a Yawkyawk spirit figure (mermaid) (7) by Marina Murdilnga and Billy Redford, all of whom reside in northern Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory. Seen in the Australian National Maritime Museum at Darling Harbour, Sydney.


HMB Endeavour - HDR
Made by Dale Allman
Another shot of the HMB Endeavour, this time one in HDR and daytime with Sydney skyline in the back ground. Enjoy - Canon 5D Mark2. - ISO 400, f16, 17mm. - Canon 17-40 f/4L USM. Standard 3 exposure (+2,0,-2 EV) handheld Processing Photomatix - Tonemapped generated HDR using Details Enhancer Photoshop - Adjustment of curves to increase the overall contrast (Linear) - Adjustment of hue/saturation - Smart Sharpen on back ground Layer - Reduced noise with Noiseware Pro - Sig Added Thanks for all the comments, faves, views, notes and invites!


Pyrmont Bridge swings into action
Made by Soon.
Minutes after buying some new boots from Colorado Harbourside, the announcer warns that, People wishing to cross the bridge should do so now and quickly. Their pace quickens and the announcement repeats for a few more times. Shortly after, the gates swing to hold up the traffic of people as Pyrmont Bridge itself swivels in the middle. No sign of what the reason behind it was. No boats cruising through, and HMAS Onslow (left and off panel) remains stationary.


DSC_0646
Made by TMA_0
MV Krait on display at the Australian National Maritime Musuem. This vessel was used by the Z Special Unit of Australia during World War II to attack Japanese shipping in the Singapore harbour in Operation Jaywick. For more information about this vessel and Operation Jaywick, please see: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MV_Krait and en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Jaywick


Chrysler CL Valiant Charger XL - NSW Police
Made by sv1ambo
Chrysler CL Valiant Charger XL coupe. Former New South Wales Police Highway Patrol car. Officially the CL Charger was only available as a top of the range 770, however the NSW Police versions were all badged as XLs. The specially calibrated police speedometer is mounted on the centre console. Taken at the Chrysler & Valiant Owners Association 2004 Display Day, held on Pyrmont Bridge, a historic swing bridge that spans Darling Harbour in Sydney.


Endeavour Model
Made by Kaptain Kobold
Today we went to the National Maritime Museum in Sydney. More pictures to follow, but here's me posing on a bench for FGR. In front of me is a model of HMB* 'Endeavour', Captain Cook's ship. This is also a 365 Days reject - I like it, and it does reflect what I was doing today, but I thought that , so went for it as my choice for the day. Such is the agony of decision. *Not 'HMS' - the Endeavour was a bark, not a ship ...


1974 Chrysler GC Galant GL
Made by sv1ambo
1974 Chrysler GC Galant GL sedan. This was my grandfather's car. He bought it in 1975. These were built under licence from Mitsubishi by Chrysler Australia. They were badged as Valiant Galants to tie them to the larger Valiant range. The Valiant badge is visible on the bonnet. Taken at the Chrysler & Valiant Owners Association 2004 Display Day, held on Pyrmont Bridge, a historic swing bridge that spans Darling Harbour in Sydney.


4-pdr Captain Cook Cannon ex Endeavour
Made by Okehills
4 pdr 11 cwt 6' 0 George 2nd Cannon (1727 -1760) After famously exploring Botany Bay in April 1770, Cook and his ship Endeavour ran aground on The Great Barrier Reef, he successfully lightened the ship by throwing overboard anything available including six cannon. The location is near Cooktown. In 1969 artifacts including the cannon were located, and then recovered and restored. This one is in the Austalian Maritime Museum, Sydney


Korean Sides
Made by YiniCheah
Why do we always get sides when at a Korean restaurant? A question I don't have the answer too, but I do not want it to stop coming! I love these so much. They come on small usually stackable dishes and are just delicious! In Malaysia we are normally greeted with up to 10 of this beautiful sides. All different and all really tasty! Blogged at The Confessions of a Foodie


Duck on Pancake
Made by YiniCheah
Normally this is known as Peking Duck or Peking styled duck. The skin of a crispy baked duck is carefully carved away, then placed on a thin doughy pancake, with some hoi sin sauce and the stalk of spring onion. However this restaurant served it with the meat! So yes, I did remove the meat before rolling all the skin and spring onion up in the pancake and poped it into my mouth. This is one of my many favourites!


THE CHARLOTTE MEDAL (DSC_6618)
Made by cyppoon
Australian National Maritime Museum - Sydney The CHARLOTTE medal The medel was engraved by Thomas Barrett, a convict thief onboard of the Charlotte during the long voyage from Britain to Australia. Charlotte was the first fleet of the time for the transportation of criminals. On 27 February 1788, one month after the arrival of Charlotte in Australia, Thomas Barrett was sentenced to death.


DSC_0598
Made by TMA_0
HMAS Advance (P 83) was an Attack class patrol boat of the Royal Australian Navy now on display at the Australian National Maritime Museum. Unfortunately, visitors are not permitted on board at the time of this visit. For more information about this vessel, please see: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMAS_Advance_(P_83)