HMS Temeraire (1876)
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HMS Temeraire was an ironclad battleship of the Victorian Royal Navy which was unique in that she carried her main armament partly in the traditional broadside battery, and partly in barbettes on the
One of Temeraire's 25-ton disappearing muzzle-loading rifles photographed in its raised, or firing, position.
Depictions in the 1888 edition of Brassey's Naval Annual of Temeraire's disappearing gun in its loading and firing positions.
Illustration of HMS Temeraire
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.