kids encyclopedia robot

Image: HMS Valiant fires guns 1942

Kids Encyclopedia Facts
HMS_Valiant_fires_guns_1942.jpg(790 × 572 pixels, file size: 224 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Description: The Royal Navy battleship HMS Valiant fires its 38.1 cm guns during exercises as seen from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious (87). The planes in the foreground are Fairey Fulmars of B Flight, 806 Squadron, Fleet Air Arm, with Grumman Martlets of 881 NAS parked aft.
Title: HMS Valiant fires guns 1942
Credit: This photograph A 15152 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums.
Author: Lt. D.C. Oulds, Royal Navy official photographer
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
Attribution Required?: No

The following page links to this image:

kids search engine