Italian cruiser Piemonte
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Piemonte was a unique protected cruiser built for the Italian Regia Marina in the 1880s by the British shipyard Armstrong Whitworth. She was the first major warship armed entirely with quick-firing gu
Piemonte steaming at high speed in her original configuration
QF 6-inch naval gun
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The QF 6-inch 40 calibre naval gun was used by many United Kingdom-built warships around the end of the 19th century and the start of the 20th century. In British service it was known as the QF 6-inch
Italian cruiser Piemonte
…speed of 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph). At full speed, she could steam for 1,950 nmi (3,610 km; 2,240 mi). Piemonte was armed with a main battery of six 6-inch L/40 guns in single mounts. One gun was placed forward and one aft, with two on each broadside abreast of the masts. These guns were mounted in sponsons to allow…
Typical naval deck mounting. An early long cartridge case for gunpowder propellant is upended at bottom left, a shell stands next to the cartridge.
Loading a MK I or II deck gun on HMS Ariadne. The man at left holds a shell, the men at right hold brass powder cartridges. Note the coned breech screw and lugs on the underside of the breech ring to which recoil cylinders are attached
MK III gun at Fort Nelson. This shows the left trunnion (detailed in black) by which it is mounted on a Vavasseur recoil slide, and there are no lugs on the underside of the breech ring
The 6 starboard casemate guns on HMS Powerful