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Valiant fires a salvo; behind her is Barham, followed by HMS Warspite also firing a salvo. From 'The War Illustrated' 18th April 1941. The Battle of Matapan took place at night, so these are all library pics - the front cover of The War Illustrated conceals the top of "B" turret, but the other photos do not, and show a flying off platform on top of this turret - so these photos are rather earlier - very difficult to date them precisely, but they possibly date from the period when these ships had two funnels, ie 1920s. Regards, Jon Summers
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