Image: HNLMS Ever hydraulic gun mount

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Description: Design drawing of HNLMS Ever (1873), showing the hydraulic gun mount. The hydraulic mechanism allowed the crew to fix the gun in a lower position, increasing stability in rough weather. The same construction was widely used in English gunboats of the same type.
Title: HNLMS Ever hydraulic gun mount
Credit: Nationaal Archief, Den Haag, Bouwtekeningen van Schepen van de Nederlandse Marine, nummer toegang 4.MST, inventarisnummer 1361 http://proxy.handle.net/10648/26818766-b099-b058-1357-bb6500a6feea
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