The aft 6 inch gun on board HMAS Melbourne. The light cruiser was armed with eight guns of this ...

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Accession Number EN0361
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Glass original half plate negative
Maker Unknown
Place made United Kingdom: England, Hampshire, Portsmouth
Date made February 1919
Conflict Period 1910-1919
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

The aft 6 inch gun on board HMAS Melbourne. The light cruiser was armed with eight guns of this size as well as one 3 inch anti aircraft gun, four 3 pounders, ten smaller guns and two submerged 21 inch torpedo tubes.