The QF 12-pounder 12-cwt gun was a common, versatile 3-inch calibre naval gun introduced in 1894 and used until the middle of the 20th century. It was produced by Armstrong Whitworth, Elswick and used
Type 41 3-inch (7.62 cm) 40 calibre gun on the Japanese battleship Mikasa
As first mounted on 27-knot destroyers from 1894, here seen on HMS Daring
Mk V gun on a British trawler, World War II
Naval brigade with a "long twelve" in Natal
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Naval trawlers are vessels built along the lines of a fishing trawler but fitted out for naval purposes; they were widely used during the First and Second World Wars. Some, known in the Royal Navy as
QF 12-pounder 12 cwt naval gun
…United Kingdom service United Kingdom naval service As first mounted on 27-knot destroyers from 1894, here seen on HMS Daring Mk V gun on a British trawler, World War II Mk I and II guns, of "built up" construction of steel layers, served on many Royal Navy destroyers up to and after World War I originally…
First World War naval trawler, HMT Swansea Castle
Second World War naval trawler, HMT Lancer
HMT Northern Sky pitching and rolling at slow speed along her patrol lines. Operating off Iceland, this trawler made the last attack of the Second World War on a U-boat.