Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

Q&A · 1:58:42-2:00:56

What artillery did shipboard Royal Marines use?

The answer portrays shipboard Marine artillery as opportunistic and poorly standardized, with a tentative howitzer identification and an apparently unofficial 25-pounder example.

25-Pounder GunsImprovised EquipmentInterwar PeriodRoyal MarinesShipboard Artillery
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Question

What howitzers or field guns did Royal Marines use aboard ships in the 1910s and 1920s?

Short answer

Whatever they could obtain; the examples are a tentatively identified baby howitzer and an apparently unofficial shipboard 25-pounder.

Notes

A viewer asks what howitzers Royal Marines used aboard ships in the 1910s and 1920s. The broad answer is that detachments used whatever weapons they could obtain. The exact type remains uncertain: a baby howitzer is mentioned tentatively, along with one ship carrying a 25-pounder that probably was not authorized equipment. The passage supports a pattern of improvisation rather than a firm identification of a standard Marine gun.