Australian National Maritime Museum

On the weekend, I had a chance to visit Australian National Meritime Museum at the Darling Harbour here in Sydney. Here one can also visit the destroyer HMAS Vampire as well as submarine Onslow for a small fee. It was a great experience to see the destroyer (especially the submarine) and after looking at that, its easy to realise how much armed forces people sacrifice, especially their own comfort in order to protect the civilians. The Museum has lot of artifacts recovered from old ships etc and also there are lot of photographs and audio/videos for exhibition.Here are the some of photos I would like to share with you all...It takes approximately 1-1.5 hours to tour through the museum and about 1 hour on destroyer and submarine combined.

Here is the link for more information about Australian National Meritime Museum.

http://www.anmm.gov.au/site/page.cfm






This armour suit is made up of 7 layers of horse hide...this can withstand arrows or stones but no match for musket balls...used by Spanish conquistadors in south america







Harpoons like this were used to kill big sperm whales...










smaller harpoons








This shark cage was developed by abalone divers for their own protection from sharks...This uses compressed air which propells the fan at the back and the whole thing moves forward with a diver...







Beer cans used to construct the boat













Beer can boat















First Lady












Sailor's compass












Life jacket














Anti-submarine helicopter Westland Wessex Mark 31B...used by Aus Navy between 1963-1989...Used in Anti-submarine warfare (ASW) training,sea-air rescue & utility for transporting people & equipments






This light was installed on the light house in Tasmania