H.M.S. Iron Duke, famous as Lord Jellicoe's flagship in the Grand Fleet during the Great War, was nominated for scrapping under the London Naval Treaty of 1930. She was, however, spared for training purposes and is now stationed at Portsmouth, only putting out {o sea for gunnery practice. Photographs show scenes aboard when the 13.5-in. guns, weighing 75 tons each and firing a shell over half-a-ton, with a range of about 12 miles, are used for practice purposes.
A 13.5-in. shell in the hoist on its way to the gun-house from the magazine.
Entering the gun-turret by the lower hatch. "here is an alternative means of access by the upper haích.
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