Britain
18"/40 (45.7 cm) Mark I
Pictures

Updated 15 December 2013

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HMS Furious as completed in 1917 with single 18" (45.7 cm) turret
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 60606

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Monitor HMS General Wolfe
The 18"/40 (45.7 cm) mounting was fixed to starboard
Note the "rails" in the water along the sides.  These were part of the anti-torpedo defense.

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18"/40 (45.7 cm) gun being mounted on Monitor HMS Lord Clive on 7 September 1918
The large hydraulic cylinder at left was used to train the mounting

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Painting of Lord Clive by Oscar Parkes, author of "British Battleships 1850 - 1950"
IWM Photograph ART 4060

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