Vickers Works by Barrow -- Assembled big guns (LOC)
Bain News Service,, publisher.
Vickers Works by Barrow -- Assembled big guns
[between ca. 1910 and ca. 1915]
1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.
Notes:
Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the
negatives or caption cards.
Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).
Format: Glass negatives.
Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.
Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
General information about the Bain Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.ggbain
Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ggbain.19618
Call Number: LC-B2- 3555-2
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Retired at last (6 days ago | reply)
Vickers has had a history of mergers and name changes but still exists on this site in Barrow. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vickers_Shipbuilding_an d_Engineering
artolog (4 days ago | reply)
These guns were for HMS Shannon (1908), a Minotaur Class armored cruiser. The wikipedia entry, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Shannon_(1906) mentions that the ship received some new guns in 1915-16 (" The ship received a QF 12-pounder (3-inch) 12 cwt anti-aircraft (AA) gun and a QF 3-pounder (47 mm (1.9 in)) AA gun in 1915–16. The 12-pounder gun was mounted on the aft superstructure and the 3-pounder on the quarterdeck at the extreme rear. ") , so it's probable these guns are from the 1915-16 refit.
Wikipedia's entry on on the QF 12 Pounder gun uses a detail from this photo (the man standing behind the gun at center) with the caption "Ordnance QF 12 pounder 18 cwt On roof of BL 7.5 inch gun turret for HMS Shannon under construction at the Vickers works, Barrow"
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QF_12_pounder_18_cwt_na val_gun
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BL_7.5_inch_Mk_II_-_V_n aval_gun
Same photo, different caption
Yehohanan92 added this photo to their favorites. (3 days ago)
This photo was invited and added to the Nautical pictures of interest. group.