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HMAS Australia (402)
View of the propellers, rudders & starboard propeller shaft support brackets on the Indefatigable Class battlecruiser, HMAS Australia at John Brown & Co shipyard at Clydebank shortly before her launch.

HMAS Australia (402)
View of the forecastle deck forward looking from the bridge of the Indefatigable Class battlecruiser, HMAS Australia at John Brown & Co shipyard at Clydebank showing A turret and its BL 12-inch Mk X naval guns and the capstans and anchor chains.

HMAS Australia (402)
View of Q turret on the starboard side of the Indefatigable Class battlecruiser, HMAS Australia at John Brown & Co shipyard at Clydebank showing her BL 12-inch Mk X naval guns and her centre funnel.

HMAS Australia (402)
View of the forecastle deck from the bridge looking aft on the Indefatigable Class battlecruiser, HMAS Australia at John Brown & Co shipyard at Clydebank showing P turret on the port side and her BL 12-inch Mk X naval guns and her centre funnel behind.

HMAS Australia (402)
View of the aft superstructure from the starboard side on the Indefatigable Class battlecruiser, HMAS Australia at John Brown & Co shipyard at Clydebank showing the after control platform, main mast, centre and aft funnels and X and Q turrets.

HMAS Australia (402)
View of the bow from the starboard side of the Indefatigable Class battlecruiser, HMAS Australia at John Brown & Co shipyard at Clydebank showing the starboard anchors, A turret, the conning tower and fore mast.

HMAS Australia (402)
View of the forecastle deck looking forward of the Indefatigable Class battlecruiser, HMAS Australia at John Brown & Co shipyard at Clydebank showing Q turret and middle funnel.

HMAS Australia (402)
View of the after superstructure of the Indefatigable-Class battlecruiser, HMAS Australia at John Brown & Co shipyard at Clydebank showing the after control platform, main mast, BL 4-inch Mk VII guns and lifeboats.

HMAS Australia (402)
View of the bow and fore poppets from the starboard side of the Indefatigable Class battlecruiser, HMAS Australia, at John Brown & Co shipyard at Clydebank just prior to launch.