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Lewis Mark I
Machine gun. Wood pistol grip, steel barrel and fitted with blade foresight and aperture rearsight to 2,000 yards. A gas operated, automatic action. The calibre is 0.303in. Inscribed :'LEWIS GUN OF HMS VINDICTIVE...1918.' This machine gun was presented to the First Lord Kennet (1879-1960) then Lt Cdr Hilton-Young RNVR by the ship's company of HMS 'Vindictive' after the Zeebrugge Raid April 1918. HMS 'Vindictive' was a cruiser launched in 1896 that was fitted out as an assault ship for the Zeebrugge Raid - the blockade by the Royal Navy to stop German ships based at Bruges reaching the open sea. In May 1918, HMS 'VINDICTIVE' was expended as a blockship at Ostend. She was raised in 1920 and broken up.
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Object Details
| ID: | AAA2603 |
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| Collection: | Weapons |
| Type: | Machine Gun |
| Display location: | Display - Forgotten Fighters |
| Creator: | Birmingham Small Arms Co. Ltd |
| Vessels: | Vindictive (1897) |
| Date made: | 20C |
| People: | Young, Edward Hilton |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London. Presented by Lady Kennet, 2010. |
| Measurements: | Overall: 120 x 1300 x 120 mm |
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