The Bar class were a class of boom defence vessels of the Royal Navy, Royal Australian Navy and South African Navy during World War II.
HMS Barglow
HMS Barfoam at Singapore, early in World War II
HMAS Kangaroo in 1947
HMS Barcross (1943), later renamed SAS Somerset
The QF 12-pounder 12-cwt gun was a common, versatile 3-inch calibre naval gun introduced in 1894 and used until the middle of the 20th century. It was produced by Armstrong Whitworth, Elswick and used
Bar-class boom defence vessel
…t) Length 41.14 m (135 ft 0 in) Beam 7.77 m (25 ft 6 in) Draught 3.81 m (12 ft 6 in) Speed 9.5 knots (17.6 km/h; 10.9 mph) Complement 30 Armament 1 × 12-pounder gun The Bar class were a class of boom defence vessels of the Royal Navy, Royal Australian Navy and South African Navy during World War II. Ships Royal…
Type 41 3-inch (7.62 cm) 40 calibre gun on the Japanese battleship Mikasa
As first mounted on 27-knot destroyers from 1894, here seen on HMS Daring
Mk V gun on a British trawler, World War II
Naval brigade with a "long twelve" in Natal