Bay-class frigate
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The Bay class was a class of 26 anti-aircraft frigates built for the Royal Navy under the 1943 War Emergency Programme during World War II. They were based on the hulls of incomplete Loch class anti-s
HMS Veryan Bay in 1945
QF 4-inch naval gun Mk XVI
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The QF 4 inch Mk XVI gun was the standard British Empire naval anti-aircraft and dual-purpose gun of World War II.
Bay-class frigate
…285 fire control radar Type 291 air warning radar Type 276 target indication radar High Frequency Direction Finder (HF/DF) IFF transponder Armament 4 × QF 4-inch Mark XVI guns on 2 twin mounting HA/LA Mk.XIX 4 × 40 mm Bofors A/A on 2 twin mounts Mk.V 4 × 20 mm Oerlikon A/A on 2 twin mounts Mk.V 1 × Hedgehog 24 barrel A/S…
Twin Mk XVI on HMCS Haida
Crew of a dual 4-inch at action stations aboard HMS Berwick while in screening the Atlantic Convoys in May 1943.
Twin guns of HMAS Swan bombarding shore positions in New Guinea, February 1945
Single Mk XX mounting on HMAS Barcoo, 1945