HMS Malaya
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HMS Malaya was one of five Queen Elizabeth-class battleships built for the Royal Navy during the 1910s. Shortly after commissioning in early 1916, she participated in the Battle of Jutland of the First World War as part of the Grand Fleet. In the Second World War, Malaya served mostly in escort duties in the Mediterranean Sea and Atlantic Ocean. She was withdrawn from service at the end of 1944, and sold for scrap in 1948.
Malaya about 1919–1921
15-inch guns of 'A' and 'B' turrets trained to starboard, 6-inch guns in casemates below, c. 1920
Malaya departing New York after repairs, 9 July 1941
Armour-piercing shell – with cap (left) fired on 9 February 1941 into the nave of Genoa Cathedral
BL 6-inch Mk XII naval gun
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The BL 6-inch Mark XII naval gun was a British 45 calibre naval gun which was mounted as primary armament on light cruisers and secondary armament on dreadnought battleships commissioned in the period 1914–1926, and remained in service on many warships until the end of World War II.
Casemate gun on HMS Warspite after the Battle of Jutland, June 1916
Single gun on CP mounting on cruiser HMS Enterprise
Experimental twin turret on HMS Enterprise, seen in 1936, which formed the prototype for twin 6-inch turrets for the Nelson-class battleships, as well as the Leander and Arethusa-class cruisers
Gunners load a casemate gun on battleship HMS Malaya, May 1943. The men at left carry cordite cartridges, still in their storage cases, on their shoulders