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| Female worker being helped out of a BL 15 in gun after she had finished cleaning the rifling, Coventry Ordnance Works, England, United Kingdom, 1914-1918 | Female worker cleaning the rifling of a BL 15 in gun, Coventry Ordnance works, England, United Kingdom, 1914-1918 |
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| Aboard Hood, looking aft, during maneuvers off Portland, England, United Kingdom, 1926 | BL 15-inch coastal defense gun elevated for firing, Singapore, circa 1941 |
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| BL 15 in coastal gun of the Wanstone Battery, St Margaret-at-Cliffe, England, United Kingdom, 18 May 1942, photo 1 of 2 | BL 15 in coastal gun of the Wanstone Battery, St Margaret-at-Cliffe, England, United Kingdom, 18 May 1942, photo 2 of 2 |
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