British made twelve inch naval gun, found rusting by the beach at Kanokawa, Japan, manufactured ...

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Accession Number 129971
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Queale, Alan
Place made Japan: Eta Jima
Date made 27 May 1946
Conflict British Commonwealth Occupation Force, 1946-1952 (Japan)
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

British made twelve inch naval gun, found rusting by the beach at Kanokawa, Japan, manufactured by Sir W. G. Armstrong Whitworth & Company Limited. His was possibly sold to the Japanese or captured by them in Singapore.