I was drafted to join HMS Rodney to take charge of the ship’s Walrus, which was perched semi-permanently on a catapult, which in turn, was perched permanently on the top of one of main gun turrets.

The HMS Belfast’s major weapons were four turrets of 6-inch guns with two turrets located near the ship’s bow and two located on its aft. Each turret was manned by 27 sailors and the guns had ...

My Father joined the RNVR in about 1934/35, he joined the old HMS Calliope moored on the Tyne near Vickers Armstrongs Elswick works. ( This was used as a moored training ship) ...

As Fuller’s reveals, there were arguments over relative fire power of turreted versus broadside ships, sea keeping, and even whether ironclads needed sail and full rigging, which led to disaster when ...