Australian National Maritime Museum – DESTROYER: HMAS VAMPIRE

位于悉尼的澳大利亚国立海事博物馆展览分为室内和室外两部分。室内展览部分的介绍点这里阅读。室外则主要是停泊在港口的几艘舰船:炮舰、潜水艇、高帆船等,包括在澳大利亚建造的最大的战舰,也是最后一艘炮舰HMAS VAMPIRE,此后澳大利亚的战斗船只都配备的是导弹装备。

DESTROYER: HMAS VAMPIRE




HMAS Vampire, Australia’s largest museum vessel, is the last of the country’s big gun ships. After this, Australia’s fighting ships were equipped with missile weaponry.

The Daring class were the largest destroyers built in Australia.  Their strong, light construction combined high speed with maximum armament.

DESTROYER: HMAS VAMPIRE

Vampire served in the Royal Australian Navy from 1959 to 1986. Its arsenal included:

  • 3 twin turrets housing 6 x 4.5-inch guns (still in place)
  • 2 single-gun and 2 twin-gun Bofors anti-aircraft guns (still in place)
  • 5 anti-ship torpedo launchers (removed in 1970)
  • surface to subsurface anti-submarine mortar (removed in 1980)

Despite this armament, Vampire had a peaceful career, even while escorting troops to Vietnam in the 1960s. In 1977, Vampire had a brush with royalty as the RAN escort for HMY Britannia during the Queen’s Silver Jubilee tour of Australia. In 1980, it was refitted as a RAN training ship.

DESTROYER: HMAS VAMPIRE

DESTROYER: HMAS VAMPIRE

DESTROYER: HMAS VAMPIRE

DESTROYER: HMAS VAMPIRE
船员典型的一日三餐菜谱

DESTROYER: HMAS VAMPIRE

船员有报纸Navy News可以阅读

DESTROYER: HMAS VAMPIRE
小卖部有各种商品可买

DESTROYER: HMAS VAMPIRE

DESTROYER: HMAS VAMPIRE

DESTROYER: HMAS VAMPIRE

DESTROYER: HMAS VAMPIRE

DESTROYER: HMAS VAMPIRE

DESTROYER: HMAS VAMPIRE

DESTROYER: HMAS VAMPIRE

DESTROYER: HMAS VAMPIRE

DESTROYER: HMAS VAMPIRE

DESTROYER: HMAS VAMPIRE

DESTROYER: HMAS VAMPIRE

DESTROYER: HMAS VAMPIRE

DESTROYER: HMAS VAMPIRE

DESTROYER: HMAS VAMPIRE

DESTROYER: HMAS VAMPIRE

DESTROYER: HMAS VAMPIRE

Australian National Maritime Museum
睡觉、吃饭的环境都很拥挤