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Two studies of naval guns being fired

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Date

ca.1890

Description

Two sketches of breech-loading guns being fired on board large warships about 1890. The upper sketch shows a traversing gun on a fixed, wheeled mounting firing through an embrasure or casemate. The lower sketch is of a gun on a fixed slide mounting with limited traverse and fired by lanyard. ]

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CC BY-NC-ND

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Location

Atlantic Ocean

Medium

Watercolour