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North East Museums is a major regional museum, art gallery and archives service. We manage nine museums and galleries across Tyneside and the Archives for Tyne and Wear. Here, you can see just some of the photographs which are in our collections.

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Quadruple gun mounting in 24 Shop, Elswick Works

from North East Museums

5 older comments, and then…
Iain said:
This must be for a King George V-class battleship, the only British battleships in World War II to mount quadruple turrets.
Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums said:
Thanks Iain. Strangely enough my colleague, Colin, said exactly the same thing just moments before your comment arrived.
optimal chicken said:
It's massive - look where the barrel fits in and a man is stood there..
Billy Embleton said:
Its one of King George V's turrets which was lead ship of the class that was built at Walker Naval yard (below). Mounting 10 of these 14 inch guns. These quadruple mounts were very complex.

These very guns contributed to the sinking of the KMS Bismark in May 1941.
steviej 007 said:
Fantastic historical photo.

H.M.S Victoria

from North East Museums

Billy Embleton said:
Came to a tragic end after sinking after a collision with another warship in the Mediterranean on 22 June 1893.
Wookie350 said:
VICTORIA was the flagship of the Commander in Chief Mediterranean Vice Admiral Sir George Tryon in 1893. During Officer of the Watch Manoeuvres off Tripoli, VICTORIA was struck by HMS CAMPERDOWN owing to a mentality amongst commanders in those days that demanded a slavish obedience to the orders, even when the orders were incorrect and unsafe. CAMPERDOWN's armoured bow caused massive damage to VICTORIA and she went to the bottom in minutes, taking with her some 358 members of her Ship's Company including Admiral Tryon. Amongst the survivors was her Second in Command, Commander, later Admiral of the Fleet, John Jellicoe who was trapped in his cabin and was only rescued when a young Midshipman recognised he was missing and helped him out. His experience of this incident was instrumental in the way that Jellicoe later handled the Grand Fleet at the Battle of Jutland.