Updated 20 May 2006
4.7 inch twin Mark XX Mounting for QF Mark
XI guns
Sketch by John
Lambert and used here by his permission
Image from "Naval Weapons of World War
Two" by John Campbell
1. Fuze receiver | 25. Motor |
2. Shell hoist control lever | 26. Pump |
3. Fuze setting machine | 27. Operating cylinder for shell hoist |
4. Ready use shells | 28. Shell room |
5. Tilting tray | 29. Shell hoist loading tray |
6. Trunnion bracket | 30. Drip tray |
7. Cordite hoist control lever | 31. Magazine |
8. Training receiver | 32. Operating cylinder for cordite hoist |
9. Training cut off gear | 33. Cordite hoist |
10. Hand and power lever | 34. Air cylinder |
11. Training clutch gear box | 35. Hand operated cordite hoist |
12. Training buffer stop | 36. Air blast |
13. Upper roller path | 37. Turntable clip |
14. Roller | 38. Training housing stop |
15. Lower roller path | 39. Elevating arc |
16. Training motor | 40. Teleflex indicator |
17. Shell hoist | 41. Gun loading tray |
18. Fixed pawl | 42. Lookout platform |
19. Moving pawl | 43. Balance weight |
20. Moving pawl POD | 44. Lookout hood |
21. Clutch lever - hand and power | 45. Safety trainer's sight |
22. Hand operated shell hoist | 46. Intensifier |
23. Oil tank | 47. Recuperator |
24. Strainer | 48. Cordite hoist loading tray |