Dido-class cruiser
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The Dido class consisted of sixteen light cruisers built for the Royal Navy during World War II. The first group of three ships were commissioned in 1940; the second group of six ships and third group
Cleopatra lays smoke to shield a convoy as Euryalus elevates her forward 5.25 inch guns to shell the Italian fleet at the Second Battle of Sirte, 22 March 1942
The cruisers Edinburgh, Hermione, and Euryalus, steaming in line abreast whilst they escort a convoy (not visible) as part of Operation Halberd to resupply Malta
Bellona of the Bellona subclass
QF 5.25-inch naval gun
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The QF 5.25-inch Mark I gun was the heaviest dual-purpose gun used by the Royal Navy during the Second World War. Although considered less than completely successful, it saw extensive service. 267 gun
5.25-inch turret on HMS Sirius. The empty cartridge cases from firing in support of the Allied invasion of Normandy, June 1944
QF 5.25-inch Mark I turret on HMS King George V
Inside a 5.25-inch gun turret on HMS King George V in 1943.
Twin naval anti-aircraft mounting at Primrose Hill, London, August 1943