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perisher · 05-03-07, 03:17 PM

I too thought it a bit high but my friend says it was done. I would imagine it would have been done in calm conditions and in the Med, without the big ocean swells. The other advantage of the gun tower was it did give the gun's crew some protection from the environment. As you say, some boats were highly adept at using the gun and railways seem to have been the favourite target.

05-03-07, 03:17 PM	#4
perisher Frogman Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: England Posts: 300 Downloads: 15 Uploads: 0	I too thought it a bit high but my friend says it was done. I would imagine it would have been done in calm conditions and in the Med, without the big ocean swells. The other advantage of the gun tower was it did give the gun's crew some protection from the environment. As you say, some boats were highly adept at using the gun and railways seem to have been the favourite target. __________________ "Pitt was the greatest fool who ever lived to encourage a mode of war which they who commanded the seas did not want, and which, if successful, would deprive them of it." Earl St.Vincent (allegedly)