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Where the 20-inch gun reference was found

The Tyne and Wear archives are identified as the source of the uncertain 20-inch gun reference.

20-inch Guns Archives Naval History Primary Sources

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Question

Where did the information about the possible British 20-inch gun come from?

Short answer

The reference was found in the Tyne and Wear archives.

Notes

The information is attributed to a search in the Tyne and Wear archives. Other archives mentioned as useful for naval research include the Wirral, Glasgow, and the Churchill Archives Centre at Cambridge. Naming the repository gives the uncertain gun claim a point of provenance without strengthening the underlying evidence.