Parker-class flotilla leader
Videos
The Parker-class leaders or improved Marksman-class leaders were a class of six destroyer leaders built for the Royal Navy during 1916–17 for World War I service. They were named after famed historica
HMAS Anzac
The QF 4-inch gun Mk IV was the main gun on most Royal Navy and British Empire destroyers in World War I. It was introduced in 1911 as a faster-loading light gun successor to the BL 4 inch Mk VIII gun
Parker-class flotilla leader
…Propulsion Yarrow-type boilers, steam turbines, 3 shafts, 36,000 shp Speed 34 knots (63 km/h; 39 mph) Endurance 415 tons oil Complement 116 Armament 4 × QF 4-inch (101.6 mm) Mark IV guns, mounting P Mk. IX 1 × 12-pdr (3 in) QF Mark II, mounting HA Mk.? 2 × single 2-pdr "pom-pom" Mk. II 2 × twin 21-inch (530 mm) torpedo tubes The…
Mk IV gun from HMS Lance at Imperial War Museum Naval Gallery in South Kensington, London 1926
On R-class destroyer HMS Satyr c. 1917–1918
Gun recoiling after firing, on Australian auxiliary anti-submarine vessel HMAS Wilcannia c. 1943
Rusted QF 4 inch mk IV gun without a gun shield on East Falkland