30.5 cm/50 (12") VSM Mark H
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Updated 18 February 2012
Battleship España
Imperial War Museum Photograph Q68264
30.5 cm/50 (12") coastal defense gun near
Cadiz, Spain
Photograph copyrighted by Caspar Vermeulen
Breech of above gun
Note that the breech engraving is repeated
both top and bottom
Engraving reads as follows:
30.5 c/m Armstrong Vickers Marca.H.
E.O.C. 1912 No. 16573
Peso 65700 KG No. DE. 0.17025 2
Cañon de la Derecha
Where:
30.5 c/m Armstrong Vickers Marca.H.
= 30.5 cm (12") gun built by Armstrong Vickers as Mark H
E.O.C. 1912 No. 16573 = Built at
the Elswick Ordnance Company in 1912 Serial Number 16,573
Peso 65700 KG = Gun weight of 65,700
kg (144,842 lbs.)
No. DE. 0.17025 2 = Not certain,
possibly a Spanish acquisition serial number
Cañon de la Derecha = Cannon
of the right (the right hand gun in the twin turret)
Photograph copyrighted by Caspar Vermeulen
Twin 30.5 cm/50 coastal defense mounting
at Battery Cascabel, near Tarifa (Cadiz) in 1982
This mounting is no longer in service
Photograph copyrighted by Javier Villarroya
del Real
30.5 cm (12") APC shell
Photograph copyrighted by Caspar Vermeulen
Model showing coastal gun emplacement including
underground magazines and living quarters
Photograph copyrighted by Caspar Vermeulen
Twin Mounting Layout
Sketch Courtesy of Javier Villarroya del
Real