PORTSMOUTH, ENGLAND. AERIAL PORT BOW VIEW OF THE BATTLESHIP HMS VANGUARD RIDING A GALE AT HER ...

PORTSMOUTH, ENGLAND. AERIAL PORT BOW VIEW OF THE BATTLESHIP HMS VANGUARD RIDING A GALE AT HER ANCHORAGE. SHE IS ARMED WITH 15 INCH MARK I GUNS IN TWIN MARK I/N RP12 TURRETS CONTROLLED BY DIRECTORS ON THE BRIDGE TOWER AND THE AFTER SUPERSTRUCTURE EQUIPPED WITH TYPE 274 FIRE CONTROL RADAR. HER SECONDARY ARMAMENT OF 5.25 INCH GUNS IN TWIN MARK I* RP10 MOUNTINGS WAS CONTROLLED BY AMERICAN MARK 37 DIRECTORS FITTED WITH BRITISH TYPE 274 RADAR DISPOSED IN A LOZENGE ARRANGEMENT. THE CLOSE RANGE ARMAMENT CONSISTED OF 40 MM BOFORS AA GUNS IN SIX BARRELLED MARK VI MOUNTINGS IN THE SUPERSTRUCTURE AND A TWIN STABILISED TACHYMETRIC AA GUN MOUNTING WITH ON-MOUNT TYPE 262 RADAR ON B TURRET. TYPE 293 RADAR IS CARRIED AT THE HEAD OF THE FOREMAST AND TYPE 281B AT THE MAIN. A TYPE 277 HEIGHT FINDER IS SITED ON A PLATFORM ON THE FOREMAST. NOTE THE WORN PAINT ON THE HULL FORWARD. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION)