A Nelson class battleship firing her secondary armament of 6 inch guns. Note the aircraft ...

Accession Number 006076
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white, Landscape
Physical description Black & white, Landscape
Maker Unknown
Unknown British Official Photographer
Place made At sea
Date made c March 1941
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

A Nelson class battleship firing her secondary armament of 6 inch guns. Note the aircraft catapult mounted on the turret crown in the foreground. The domed structure centre right is the armoured conning tower. Abaft it is the massive tower bridge with the barrels of a half inch quadruple anti aircraft machine gun protruding on the left. (Negative by BDI.)

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