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Lewis Mark I

titelLewis Mark I 
inventarisnummerAAA2603 
collectieFirearms    
museumNational Maritime Museum, Greenwich   National Maritime Museum, Greenwich
datum20th century  
omschrijvingMachine gun. Wood pistol grip- steel barrel and fitted with blade foresight and aperture rearsight to 2-000 yards. A gas operated- automatic action. The calibre is 0.303in. Inscribed :'LEWIS GUN OF HMS VINDICTIVE...1918.' This machine gun was presented to the First Lord Kennet (1879-1960) then Lt Cdr Hilton-Young RNVR by the ship's company of HMS 'Vindictive' after the Zeebrugge Raid April 1918. HMS 'Vindictive' was a cruiser launched in 1896 that was fitted out as an assault ship for the Zeebrugge Raid - the blockade by the Royal Navy to stop German ships based at Bruges reaching the open sea. In May 1918- HMS 'VINDICTIVE' was expended as a blockship at Ostend. She was raised in 1920 and broken up. 
afmetingenOverall: 120 x 1300 x 120 mm   
 

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