Image: HMS Calliope 5-inch gun training
Description: Photograph of seamen training with a starboard broadside 5-inch gun, on board British corvette HMS Calliope (1884). In the background is a 6-inch gun. At top left is a multi-barrelled Gardner handcranked machine-gun. The man at right holds a case which contains a powder cartridge ready for loading.
Title: HMS Calliope 5-inch gun training
Credit: Downloaded from Steve Johnson's cyber-heritage website from "The Navy and Army Illustrated" circa 1896-1899, per The Navy and Army Illustrated, which, from the phrase "teaching the young idea", links to this image at http://www.cyber-heritage.co.uk/armynavy/train.jpg
Author: photographer not identified
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