TWO REMARKABLE PICTURES, taken with a continuous-action cam-era on beard H.M.S. Iron Duke off Portsmouth, during the firing of 13.5 in. guns. In the top picture the projectiles (marked by arrows) can be seen just after leaving the guns, before the gases or the explosion have completely emerged. The shells weigh more than half a ton each. The Iron Duke, mow a gunnery-practice ship, flew the flag of Admiral Jellicoe at the Battle of Jutland.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20001, 28 July 1939, Page 14
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75TWO REMARKABLE PICTURES, taken with a continuous-action cam-era on beard H.M.S. Iron Duke off Portsmouth, during the firing of 13.5in. guns. In the top picture the projectiles (marked by arrows) can be seen just after leaving the guns, before the gases or the explosion have completely emerged. The shells weigh more than half a ton each. The Iron Duke, mow a gunnery-practice ship, flew the flag of Admiral Jellicoe at the Battle of Jutland. Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20001, 28 July 1939, Page 14
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