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HMS Kent Falklands damage IWM Q 045916.jpg

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IWM caption : "THE BATTLE OF THE FALKLAND ISLANDS 8 DECEMBER 1914. Damage to HMS KENT caused by 4.1 inch shell fired by the German cruiser SMS NURNBERG."
Comment : 2 6-inch Mk VII guns in the starboard forward casemates are seen.


Note : this version has the lower part of the original IWM photo clipped off, it shows only the sea surface.
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Image of the exterior main entrance to the Imperial War Museum in London. This photograph Q 45916 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums
(collection no. 2709-05)
Flag of the United Kingdom.
Author Andrews S G (Paymaster-Commander, RN)
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