Nothe Gardens
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Nothe Gardens is a public garden, located in Weymouth, Dorset, England. Positioned on the Nothe Peninsula overlooking both Weymouth and Portland harbours, the informal gardens are often acclaimed to b
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Nothe Gardens and part of Newton's Cove
Portland Harbour from Nothe Gardens
QF 3.7-inch AA gun
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The QF 3.7-inch AA was Britain's primary heavy anti-aircraft gun during World War II. It was roughly the equivalent of the German Flak 8.8 cm and American 90 mm, but with a slightly larger calibre of
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…During World War II, the gardens to the west of Nothe fort were the location of an anti-aircraft gun battery comprising four Vickers Armstrong QF 3.7-inch AA guns. The battery was later removed, entirely by the 1970s, and replaced by a car park. A restored gun of the same type is now situated on the ramparts of…
A 3.7-inch gun on a travelling carriage in London in 1939
A QF 3.7 inch gun barrel being drawn from a furnace in Australia in 1940
A static 3.7-inch gun assigned to the 127th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, mounted on a Pile platform at Orford, Suffolk, October 1944
A 3.7-inch anti-aircraft gun towed by an AEC Matador at Burrow Head, Scotland, early 1944.