Gunnery Collection

The Battle of Pacocha; Action between HMS Shah and Ameth
Engraving showing the battle between HMS Shah and Amethyst and the Peruvian Ironclad turret ship Huascar on the 29th May 1877

Volley firing by Scott Method by G. H. Davis
The gunnery experiment of which all the naval world is talking: the six-to-one superiority of volley firing by the Scott Method

World War II battle for Senio River in Italy, a flamethrower
Vintage World War II photograph - 8th Army battle for the Senio River in Italy, a flamethrower in action

WW2 - Fleet Air Arm Gunnery Training
A photograph portraying a British WW2 air gunner of the Fleet Air Arm in training. Date: circa 1940s

WW2 - R. A. F. Air Gunnery Training
A photograph which shows some British WW2 Royal Air Force men in air gunnery training, the instructor releases clays for the gunner to pick them off from inside the turret. Date: circa 1940s

WW2 - R. A. F. Observer School
A photograph of some British WW2 Royal Air Force pupils receiving gunnery training at an observer school. Date: circa 1940s

Ribauldequin. Late medieval volley gun
Ribauldequin or rabauld. Late medieval volley gun with many small-caliber iron barrels set up parallel on a platform, used during the 14th and 15th centuries. Engraving. Museo Militar, 1883

Lockheed T-33A-5-LO 1923
Portuguese Air Force - Lockheed T-33A-5-LO 1923 (msn 580-1269, ex 57-540), at a European fighter meet, providing air-air gunnery target services

World War II - British tank crosses bridge Waal river
Vintage photograph World War II - British tank crosses bridge Waal river

WW II prisoners of war on the autobahn near Giesen
World War II German prisoners of war on the autobahn near Giesen

World War II US B-29 bombeers on the Mariana Islands
World War II vintage photograph US B-29 bombeers on the Mariana Islands, war in the Pacific

WW II Liberator bomber exploding Germany, 1944
Vintage World War II photograph - B-24H Liberator bomber of 783rd Bomb Squadron, 465th Bomb Group, US 15th Air Force exploding in mid air after being hit by anti-aircraft fire over Germany, 1944

Fort St Angelo and the Grand Harbour Valletta Malta
Vintage 19th century photograph: Fort St Angelo and the Grand Harbour Valletta Malta

Schleicher ASW17 26, on the grid at a gliding competition in the UK. This aircraft, owned by the Royal Air Force Gliding and Soaring Association (RAFGSA)

Royal Navy - de Havilland DH. 82 Queen Bee K8671
Royal Navy - de Havilland DH.82 Queen Bee K8671 (msn 5204), being recovered by cruiser HMS Newcastle after a live-fire anti-aircraft gunnery practice

Royal Air Force - Blackburn Botha I L6264, at Brough awaiting delivery to No.8 Bombing & Gunnery School Date: 1941

Airspeed AS 10 Oxford I used as gunnery trainer

Captain Percy Scott. Part of Box 104 Boswell collection.Sir Percy Moreton Scott, 1st Baronet KCB KCVO LL.D (10 July 1853 18 October 1924)

Royal Naval Gunnery School - Sheerness, Kent Date: circa 1910s

111-ton gun at Woolwich
Firing the 111-ton gun at Woolwich (the largest gun in existence). Constructed at the Elswick Works of Sir W. G. Armstrong, Mitchell & Co

Avro 652A Anson Mk X-one of just over 100 Mk 1s converted as gunnery trainers

Avro 652A Anson I - were used by both Bomber and Coastal Commands early in war, but found their true value as pilot and gunnery trainers, Over 11, 000 built between 1935 and 1952

Women gunnery opticians, Illustrated War News, WW1
Women gunnery " opticians". Learning gun-sight lens making at Northampton Institute during the First World War. Date: 1917

A Gunnery Lieutenant, England. Showing Early 20th Century Cannon Date: 1913

Early experiment in aerial gunnery by Heath Robinson
Another Mystery Revealed - An Early Experiment in Aerial Gunnery - now illustrated for the first time. A rather Heath Robinson attempt at a flying gun for aerial dogfights

Admiral Sir Percy Scott, WW1
Admiral Sir Percy Moreton Scott, 1st Baronet (10 July 1853 18 October 1924) was a British Royal Navy officer and a pioneer in modern naval gunnery

Use of radar in the war at sea by G. H. Davis
Radar in the war at sea: some ways in which the Royal Navy used this weapon during the Second World War. Date: 1945

Loading ships guns in 1805 and 1935 by G. H. Davis
From Nelson to Nelson : feeding a ships guns today and in 1805. Loading methods in a modern battleship and at Trafalgar: contrasts after 130 years of naval gunnery. Date: 1935

British warships by G. H. Davis
All that goes to produce a great British warships battle thunder : cold science behind the big guns. From the captains quietly spoken order to the pulling of the pistol-trigger

H. M. S. Duncan at gunnery practice
The naval arms race, primarily between Britain and Germany, of the early years of the 20th century, saw Britain seeking to stay ahead of the rapid growth of the German fleet. H.M.S

Russo-Japanese War - Howitzers disguised by Wooden Screens
Russo-Japanese War - Japanese Howitzers disguised by Wooden Camouflaged Screens. Date: 1905

Russo-Japanese War - Japanese Artillery in action - Hilltop position. Date: circa 1905

Russo-Japanese War - Bringing up shells for the field guns. Date: circa 1905

WW1 - Advertisenent for French Byrrh Tonic Wine - Artillery moved to the front through difficult muddy conditions. Date: 1915

Fairey IIIF used at Gosport for air-launching gunnery targets in 1931

Experimental Gunnery A nervous crowd watch as a cannon is tested

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