A painting of Lord Clive firing her BL 18-inch Mark I gun also shows the original twin 12-inch turret still aboard. The new gun supplemented rather than replaced the earlier battery. Published accounts disagree over whether she ever fired both calibres together. A combined broadside remains uncertain.
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Lord Clive's BL 18-inch Mark I gun and retained 12-inch turret
The late-war BL 18-inch Mark I installation left Lord Clive's original 12-inch turret in place, though reports of a combined broadside remain uncertain.