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HMAS Vampire D-11, Onboard "Fang"

{All Images are my own, reproduction permitted on request. High resolution files are available.}

This page is useful to those building the 1/350 and 1/700 Ozmods HMAS Vampire kits, very good multimedia model kits depicting Vampire in her final configuration, as well as her sisters. I highly recommend these kits.

HMAS Vampire, Welcome Aboard.
Battle Honours.
Looking forward.
B turret.
Another view of focsle.
Focsle, Capstans.
Another view.
The ship is very popular with school tours.
View forward from B turret base.
View aft from Focsle.
Guns!
Radar mast base.
Radar platform base.
Navigation rader, and Fire Control radome.
Bridge windows.
Bridge windows.
Bridge windows 2.
Looking forward from alongside B turret.
Jackstay.
Rear view of twin 4.5 turret.
Looking forward from bridge.
For mast from Bridge wing.
View forward from Bridge.
Another view of the fore mast.
Mast, a long way up.
Foreward one third.
Superstructure.
Mast and Foreward Funnel.
Superstructure.
Bridge wing.
Single 40 mm under wraps.
Under the davits
Ships Horn.
Aft funnel.
Midships looking aft.
LW02 Long Range Search Antennae base.
Forward Funnel.
LW02 Long Range Search Antennae.
The Catwalk, aft funnel.
View aft from forward Funnel.
View aft from amidships.
Rear of twin 40s.
The Catwalk..
Catwalk 2.
Catwalk 3.
View aft from Bridge wing.
LW02 Long Range Radar Antennae.
Mast.
Aft superstructure, showing Vampires Badge.
Forward Funnel and signal flags, spelling out VKMC, Vampires International Callsign .
Catwalk.
Aft Funnel.
Twin 40mm Bofors.
Bofors breech.
Profile 40mm Bofors.
Aft mast.
Twin 40mm Bofors.
Twin 40mm Bofors.
Aft gun view 1.
Aft gun view 2.
Aft Gun View 3.
Close in shot of aft radome.
Aft fire control radome.
Y Gun Mount.
Aft view forward.
Crane on the Quarterdeck.
Stern from above.
The Quarterdeck.
Accomodation ladder to X Gun turret.
Far Aft Superstructure..
Crane on the Quarterdeck. Coming soon, an inside look at Vampire's Bridge and Ops room.
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