302366
Photograph 302366 Period 1930-19391938-07. STARBOARD SIDE VIEW OF THE DESTROYER HMS ENCOUNTER (H10). TYPICAL OF BRITISH DESTROYER CONSTRUCTION IN THE PERIOD BETWEEN THE WARS, SHE MOUNTS 4.7 INCH MARK IX GUNS ON CP MARK XVII MOUNTINGS
302397 Accession Number: 302397
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KEPPEL HARBOUR, SINGAPORE. 1942-02. PORT BOW VIEW OF THE CRUISERS HMS GLASGOW (LEFT) AND ENTERPRISE. NOTE THE TWIN 6 INCH MARK XVII TURRET AND THE DIRECTOR CONTROL TOWER ON THE ENTERPRISE WHICH WERE SUCCESSFUL PROTOTYPES LATER ADOPTED INTO SERVICE. THE OLDER STYLE OPEN CPXIV MOUNTING CAN BE SEEN AMIDSHIPS. THE GLASGOW HAS THE TRIPLE MARK XXIII 6 INCH GUN TURRET INTRODUCED BY HER CLASS WHICH BECAME THE STANDARD BRITISH 6 INCH CRUISER TURRET UNTIL THE LATE 1940'S. THE GLASGOW ALSO HAS A HIGH ANGLE CONTROL SYSTEM MARK IV ABREAST THE BRIDGE AND A QUADRUPLE 2 POUNDER AA MOUNTING ABREAST THE FORE FUNNEL. NOTE THE DARK GREY PAINT, 507A, IN A STEPPED CAMOUFLAGE PATTERN OVER THE LIGHTER GREY, 507C, ON THE GLASGOW'S HULL. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION)
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