A moment of Gunner Zen, Navy style again...

Argghhh!
But it's appropriate - sailors on the big-gun ships are just another form of self-propelled artillerymen.

Gun deck of the HMS Northumberland

The last of the Royal Navy's "broadside" battleships.  She was a tenacious old bird - commissioned in 1866, she had ever-diminishing roles until she was finally sold for scrapping in 1927.

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Posted Feb 27 2011, 06:35 AM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..