QF 3-pounder Hotchkiss
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The QF 3-pounder Hotchkiss or in French use Canon Hotchkiss à tir rapide de 47 mm were a family of long-lived light 47 mm naval guns introduced in 1886 to defend against new, small and fast vessels su
A Royal Navy 3-pounder gun on a central pivot mount in 1915.
Model of gun in French service on "elastic frame" mounting (affût-crinoline), at the Musée national de la Marine Paris.
The Noonday gun at Causeway Bay, Hong Kong
Two of the four operational QF 3 pounder Hotchkiss cannons aboard ARA Libertad
Japanese battleship Mikasa
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Mikasa is a pre-dreadnought battleship built for the Imperial Japanese Navy in the late 1890s, and is the only ship of her class. Named after Mount Mikasa in Nara, Japan, the ship served as the flagsh
QF 3-pounder Hotchkiss
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Mikasa in Yokosuka, Japan, 2021
Turret layout for original 12-inch (305 mm) 40-calibre guns
Mikasa as she appeared in 1905
The new 45-calibre 12-inch guns added during the reconstruction