This was my second full visit to the National Maritime Museum. My friend John was taking his two boys – Jasper and Sebastian along, and asked if I wanted to come along. As well, we were joined by Janine, Deepak and Ezra.
Based on my previous experience, I suggested visiting the submarine, HMAS Onslow, first. So thats what we did. Early in the morning, there was only a short queue.
This visit starts with the torpedo tube room. Then we made away down a narrow corridor to see the rest of the vessel.
Nest, we visited HMAS Vampire, a Destroyer.
It was interesting to see the “rules of thumb” in the bridge –
Jasper liked the Captain’s chair.
Mored nearby was HMAS Advance –
The Krait – perhaps Australia’s most successful warship. During Operation Jaywalk in WWII, maned by Z Force it was responsible for sinking 7 ships in Japanese controlled Singapore Harbour.
The others then departed for some Lego play in the main building. I headed to the Duyfken, a replica of an old Dutch vessel. Here is the small main cabin –
Then, to the lighthouse. It is interesting and has great views.
The lamp and clockwork mechanism are still in place.
For the lamp to rotate, the keeper winds up the clockwork mechanism to lift a large weight. The weight slowly falls to provide power.
Then I headed to the Endeavour replica –
The others nw arrived –
After our visit, we finished with a nice meal of dumplings.
