Image: A 4.7-inch gun onboard HMS JUPITER firing on enemy shipping in the port of Cherbourg, on the night of 10-11 October 1940. A1010

Description: A 4.7-inch gun onboard HMS JUPITER firing on enemy shipping in the port of Cherbourg, on the night of 10/11 October 1940. One of the 4.7 inch guns on board HMS JUPITER firing on the night of the 10 - 11 October 1940, when heavy and light forces of the Royal Navy carried out a bombardment of the enemy occupied port of Cherbourg, where a concentration of enemy shipping had been detected.
Title: A 4.7-inch gun onboard HMS JUPITER firing on enemy shipping in the port of Cherbourg, on the night of 10-11 October 1940. A1010
Credit: http://media.iwm.org.uk/iwm/mediaLib//28/media-28829/large.jpg This photograph A 1010 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums.
Author: Harold William John Tomlin
Permission: This image was created and released by the Imperial War Museum on the IWM Non Commercial Licence. Photographs taken, or artworks created, by a member of the forces during their active service duties are covered by Crown Copyright provisions. Faithful reproductions may be reused under that licence, which is considered expired 50 years after their creation.
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License: Public domain
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