Saturday, February 08, 2020

Armstrong 100-ton gun being lowered on board of the Italian transport ship Europa, United Kingdom, probably 1870s. This was a 17.72" muzzle loader as seen on the Duilio & Dandolo Italian predreadnought battleships, the so-called 'monster gun' that defined a short-lived era of battleship construction.


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