Guncrew on Tribal-class destroyer HMCS Algonquin cleaning up their 4.7 45 (12 cm) Mark XII guns after firing at the Normandy Beaches on 7 June 1944
Gun crew on Tribal-class destroyer HMCS Algonquin cleaning up their 4.7″/45 (12 cm) Mark XII guns after firing at the Normandy Beaches on 7 June 1944. Note that the crewman kneeling in the rear is holding a 4.7″ (12 cm) projectile. Library and Archives Canada Photograph MIKAN no. 3223884
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