Armstrong 100-ton gun being lowered on board of the Italian transport ship Europa, United Kingdom, probably 1870s. This was a 17.72″ muzzle loader as seen on the Duilio & Dandolo Italian predreadnought battleships, the so-called ‘monster gun’ that defined a short-lived era of battleship construction.

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