Britain
16"/45 (40.6 cm) Mark I
Pictures

Updated 28 December 2013


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Cleaning out the barrels on HMS Nelson in 1930
The cleaning device is a pisaba brush
RAF Museum Photograph



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Rodney firing a five gun salvo
The flat, uncluttered roofs of these turrets was a significant change from previous designs


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Overhead view of HMS Nelson showing the all-forward main battery and the port-side secondary battery
IWM photograph Q 70606


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Well-known photograph of the interior of one the turrets on HMS Rodney
The object being handled is the gun lock
IWM Photograph A 2123



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Another view of the interior of one of the turrets on HMS Rodney
Note that the guns are not separated by flash walls
IWM photograph A 15453


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