HMS Sultan (1870)
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HMS Sultan was a broadside ironclad of the Royal Navy of the Victorian era, who carried her main armament in a central box battery. She was named for Sultan Abdulaziz of the Ottoman Empire, who was vi
HMS Sultan as she originally appeared.
A 10-inch (254 mm) 18-ton rifled muzzleloading gun aboard Sultan in the 1890s.
Ville de Victoria and HMS Sultan.
Sultan sometime after her 1892-1896 reconstruction. Note the double-bridge, tall funnels and military masts. The fighting tops on the military masts held 3 pr (47mm) guns.
The QF 4.7-inch gun Mks I, II, III, and IV were a family of British quick-firing 4.724-inch naval and coast defence guns of the late 1880s and 1890s that served with the navies of various countries. T
Typical naval deck mounting, 1890s
Gun on "Percy Scott" carriage at the Battle of Colenso
In sand, South West Africa campaign, WWI. Note oxen.
A gun on a Mk I "Woolwich" carriage, Sausage Valley, Somme 1916