File:Stock Image-Gun Salute HMS Drake-RN MOD 45165427.jpg
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DescriptionStock Image-Gun Salute HMS Drake-RN MOD 45165427.jpg | English: *STOCK IMAGE* Pictured is a 21-Gun Salute on HMS DRAKE’S Quarterdeck, Devonport Naval Base in Plymouth. 3lbs rounds were fired from Hopkiss guns originally from HMS Tamar, the Royal Navy’s Base in Hong Kong”. The guns came to Plymouth after the Base was handed back to the Chinese in 1997. The flags flying from the masts is known as ‘Dress Ship’. The firing of gun salutes is a very old custom which originated in the early days of sail. Ships, when on good will visits to foreign ports, discharged all their guns to seaward on arrival thus indicating to the authorities ashore that their guns were empty and their visit peaceful. Gun Salutes always consist of an odd number of rounds; the firing of an even number of rounds in olden days was always reserved for occasions of mourning. A salute is referred to as, for example, 'a salute of 21 guns' or a '21-gun salute' though nowadays only 2 or 3 guns actually fire the 21 charges.
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Author | LA(Phot) Caroline Davies |
Permission (Reusing this file) | Images are downloadable at high resolution, made available at http://www.defenceimagery.mod.uk for reuse under the OGL (Open Government License). |
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6 February 2015
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Camera manufacturer | NIKON CORPORATION |
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Camera model | NIKON D3 |
Author | LA(Phot) Caroline Davies |
Exposure time | 1/500 sec (0.002) |
F-number | f/5.6 |
ISO speed rating | 0 |
Date and time of data generation | 13:02, 6 February 2015 |
Lens focal length | 24 mm |
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Headline | Stock Image-Gun Salute HMS Drake-RN |
Credit/Provider | UK Ministry of Defence 2019 |
Source | Royal Navy |
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City shown | Plymouth |
JPEG file comment | AppleMark |
Width | 4,256 px |
Height | 2,832 px |
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Orientation | Normal |
Number of components | 3 |
Horizontal resolution | 300 dpi |
Vertical resolution | 300 dpi |
Software used | Adobe Photoshop CS2 Windows |
File change date and time | 12:44, 9 February 2015 |
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Y and C positioning | Co-sited |
Exposure Program | Shutter priority |
Exif version | 0.48 |
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Image compression mode | 4 |
Shutter speed | 8.965784 |
APEX aperture | 4.970854 |
Exposure bias | 0.33333333333333 |
Maximum land aperture | 3 APEX (f/2.83) |
Metering mode | Pattern |
Light source | Unknown |
Flash | Flash did not fire |
Supported Flashpix version | 1 |
Color space | 2 |
Sensing method | One-chip color area sensor |
File source | Digital still camera |
Scene type | A directly photographed image |
Custom image processing | Normal process |
Exposure mode | Auto exposure |
White balance | Auto white balance |
Digital zoom ratio | 1 |
Focal length in 35 mm film | 24 mm |
Scene capture type | Standard |
Scene control | None |
Contrast | Normal |
Saturation | Normal |
Sharpness | Hard |
Subject distance range | Unknown |
GPS tag version | 2.2.0.0 |
Image width | 3,600 px |
Image height | 2,372 px |
Serial number of camera | 2051297 |
Date and time of digitizing | 14:06, 4 July 2020 |
Date metadata was last modified | 14:06, 4 July 2020 |
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Category | MOD |
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Writer | Harland Quarrington |
Contact information | http://www.defenceimagery.mod.uk/fotoweb/ContactUs.fwx
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Province or state shown | DEVON |
Country shown | UK |
IIM version | 2 |
Type of item | Event |
Editorial status of image | Archived |
Fixture name | Free |