Photographs of incomplete turrets show how mountings were assembled and installed rather than treating a gun as a single object. Production tables reveal the scale and price of barrels from destroyer weapons to 14-inch guns, while emergency plans show which works could manufacture triple 16-inch mountings. A detailed comparison of Elswick and Coventry contracts demonstrates that similar mountings could have very different component costs and delivery terms. Together, these examples explain the industrial system behind headline figures for battleship armament.
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British Naval Gun Mountings and the industry behind big guns
A specialist reference opens the machinery, contracts, costs, and production network behind British gun mountings from 1890 onward.