QF4inchMkVGunHMSWeston1940.jpg

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Description

IWM caption : "Looking down on the gun crew at action stations at the forward 4 inch gun on board HMS WESTON during a south bound convoy."

Comment : The gun is a QF 4 inch Mk V. HMS Weston was a Shoreham class sloop.

Date

1940

Source

This photograph A 1952 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums
(collection no. 4700-01)

Author

Beadell, S J (Lt) Royal Navy official photographer

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