An image showing 'N24667; On board the light cruiser Dunedin (1918) in No. 12 Dry Dock, Portsmouth Dockyard, looking aft from the port side very close to her port 4-inch QF Mk V gun on an HA Mk III mounting. The gun barrel has been fitted with a stop-end collar at the muzzle which is joined to shackles, an adjustable screw connector unit and wire strop eyes. The whole underslung unit is tied up to barrel with string and the wire strops lead under the breech end of the gun.'

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Gun lifting arrangements on board the light cruiser Dunedin (1918) in No. 12 Dry Dock, Portsmouth, Hampshire

On board the light cruiser Dunedin (1918) in No. 12 Dry Dock, Portsmouth Dockyard, looking aft from the port side very close to her port 4-inch QF Mk V gun on an HA Mk III mounting. The gun barrel has been fitted with a stop-end collar at the muzzle which is joined to shackles, an adjustable screw connector unit and wire strop eyes. The whole underslung unit is tied up to barrel with string and the wire strops lead under the breech end of the gun.

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Object details

ID:	N24667
Type:	Negative
Materials:	Glass plate negative
Display location:	Not on display
Date made:	June 1937
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements:	Overall: 101 mm x 127 mm