QF 4.7-inch Mk V naval gun
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The QF 4.7 inch Gun Mark V originated as a 4.7 in 45-calibre naval gun designed by the Elswick Ordnance Company for export customers and known as the Pattern Y.
On troopship Orca, March 1919
Archibald Bisset Smith
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Archibald Bisset Smith VC was a Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth
QF 4.7-inch Mk V naval gun
…armed German commerce raider SMS Möwe. They managed to set the Möwe on fire and inflicted significant damage before the Otaki was sunk. Otaki's Master Archibald Bisset Smith went down with his ship and was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross for refusing to surrender his ship. Type 3 120 mm 45 caliber naval gun version…
portrait published in the Auckland Weekly News on 12 April 1917