Sunday, September 7, 2014

Naval Museum, Trincomalee, Sri Lanka.

Guns used in the early part of the nineteenth century.




Saturday, September 6, 2014

Naval Museum, Trincomalee, Sri Lanka.





Naval guns guarding the Trincomalee Harbor were the most sophisticated in the 1940s. These are now outdated. They demonstrate the power which Britain wielded during the days of Empire.

Friday, September 5, 2014

At the Naval Museum, Trincomalee, Sri Lanka.

Various types of anchors used in ships.


Skeleton of a whale.

Entry into a concrete bunker.

Thursday, September 4, 2014

At the Naval Museum, Hood's Tower, Trincomalee, Sri Lanka.

View of the harbor from the top of Hood's Tower.
Oerlikons.



Wednesday, September 3, 2014

Exhibits at the Naval Museum, Hood's Tower, Trincomalee, Sri Lanka.

A 'V 8' marine diesel engine.

A radially arranged twelve cylinder marine diesel engine.
A 'turbo propeller' and an ordinary propeller used in marine craft.