Heugh Battery
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The Heugh Gun Battery is located on the Headland at Hartlepool, County Durham, England. The museum bills itself as the only battlefield of World War I in Great Britain.
Heugh Battery entrance
Plaque commemorating the events of 16 December 1914. © Copyright Andrew Curtis and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence
Present-day view inside the battery compound
BL 6-inch Mk II–VI naval gun
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The BL 6-inch gun Marks II, III, IV and VI were the second and subsequent generations of British 6-inch rifled breechloading naval guns, designed by the Royal Gun Factory in the 1880s following the fi
Mk IV gun on disappearing carriage at Lei Yue Mun Fort, Hong Kong
Seen mounted on a sponson on third class cruiser HMS Cossack circa. 1900
Mk IV or VI gun on disappearing mounting under construction at the Royal Carriage Factory, Woolwich, 1890s
A Mark II and a Mark IV (a Mk VII is mounted, behind), awaiting restoration at the Bermuda Maritime Museum, in the Royal Naval Dockyard, Bermuda