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Description: | Scale: 1:20. Model of a 6-inch gun of a type used in HMS Enterprise (1919), made entirely in metal and chrome-plated. The model has a number of moving parts including the angle of elevation, rotation on its mount and the openable breech. The shield has three apertures for the two rangefinders(?) and barrel and is made from three pieces of metal plate riveted together. The model is displayed on a turned circular lignum vitae-type wooden baseboard with a decorative bevelled edge. On handwritten label attached to shield "6X 34 (Loan RNTC) 6" steel, mounted, with shield, as in HMS Enterprise 1926 L RNTC".
CA: AAB. Several parts missing, including breech mechanism.
caption: six inch steel gun from HMS Enterprise 1926 - with shield
caption: six inch steel gun from HMS Enterprise 1926 - without shield
caption: six inch steel gun from HMS Enterprise 1926 - rear without shield breech open | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | Greenwich Ship models : their purpose and development from 1650 to the present : illustrated from the ship model collection of the National Maritime Museum Enterprise 1919 models (representations) artillery | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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