| 18th Century |
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HMS Victory, forecastle |
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A close-up of one of the Victory's 68-pounder carronade guns (reproduction) mounted on the forecastle. The shot garland with 2 68 pound round shot can...
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HMS Victory, middle gundeck |
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A view of the middle gundeck of the Victory, showing the cramped conditions in which the crew would have had to fight the huge 24-pounder cannon curre...
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HMS Victory, the Quarterdeck |
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A section of the Quarterdeck showing, in the foreground (and in the detail picture), a brass plaque marking the point where admiral Nelson fell during...
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| 19th and Early 20th Century |
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Armstrong gun |
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The bow 110lb, breech-loading Armstrong gun on board HMS Warrior.
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| The First World War |
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Sopwith Camel 2F1 World War 1 fighter |
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The Sopwith Camel (so called because of the hump in the forward fuselage between the pilot and the propeller) arrived late in the First World War, ent...
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| later 20th Century & Modern |
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Ark Royal, Anti-ship missile defense gun. |
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The Raytheon Systems, Phalanx Close In Weapons System was first developed in 1977, and began to be deployed in the US Navy from 1980. It fires 20mm sh...
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Ark Royal,Chaff dispenser |
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One of the chaff dispensers on board the Ark Royal, designed to eject huge quantities of aluminium foil in a cloud to confuse a radar-guided missile a...
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GAM BO1 20mm gun |
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Based on the Oerlikon 20mm cannon, the GAM BO1 is fitted to most ships of the Royal Navy for smaller-caliber gunnery duties. It has a range of 2km and...
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Navy 'Goalkeeper' CIWS |
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This Dutch-built Close in Weapons System (CIWS) provides a fully autonomous weapon designed to shoot down missiles and aircraft from between 350m and ...
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Royal Navy Sea Dart Missile System |
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Two views of the Sea Dart medium range area defence anti-aircraft missile system in it's dormant, unloaded state. The two outer mounting points take m...
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Sea Cat Anti-Aircraft Missile System |
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A close range anti-aircraft missile used by the British Royal Navy. Its guidance was by radio-controlled visual tracking and its propulsion was by sol...
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Twin 30mm cannon |
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Two views of the Royal Navy's twin 30mm GCM - A03 mounted Oerlikon guns as fitted to Type 22 frigates and other ships such as LPD's. Each gin has a ra...
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Vickers Mark 8 naval gun. |
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The ‘standard’ 4.5 inch/114mm gun fitted in Type 42 Destroyers, Batch 3 of Type 22 Frigates and all Type 23 Frigates. Capable of firing a range of amm...
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Warship Rear Gunner |
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The actual ship concerned is not known, but our best guess is that this is the stern of a Leander class Frigate photographed in 1984 [or 1983] a singl...
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