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File:4 inch shell room HMS Vanity 1940 IWM A 1255.jpg

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|Description=IWM caption : The shell room of the destroyer [[:en:V_and_W_class_destroyer|HMS VANITY]] whilst she is on escort duty. A sailor is about to place a shell into the hoist.

|Description=IWM caption : The shell room of the destroyer [[:en:V_and_W_class_destroyer|HMS VANITY]] whilst she is on escort duty. A sailor is about to place a shell into the hoist.

Comment : This shows fixed rounds for [[:en:QF 4 inch Mk XVI naval gun|QF 4 inch Mk XVI gun]]. Vanity had the WAIR anti-aircraft conversion completed in June 1940, which included replacement of QF 4-inch Mk V guns by QF 4-inch Mk XVI guns.

Comment : This shows fixed rounds for [[:en:QF 4 inch Mk XVI naval gun|QF 4 inch Mk XVI gun]]. Vanity had the WAIR anti-aircraft conversion completed in June 1940, which included replacement of QF 4-inch Mk V guns by QF 4-inch Mk XVI guns.
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|Source={{IWM Collections|A 1255|4700-01}}
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|Source={{IWM Collections|A 1255|4700-01|nocat=1}}

|Date=1940-10

|Date=1940-10

|Author=Beadell, S J (Lt), Royal Navy official photographer.

|Author=Beadell, S J (Lt), Royal Navy official photographer.
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[[Category:Shell rooms]]

[[Category:Shell rooms]]

[[Category:Black and white photographs]]

[[Category:Black and white photographs]]

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[[Category:Collections of the Imperial War Museum]]

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