This was a 17.72" muzzle loader as seen on the Duilio & Dandolo Italian predreadnought battleships, the so-called 'monster gun' that defined a short-lived era of battleship construction.
Gun details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/100-ton_gun
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Battleship HMS Valiant in floating dock at Invergordon, late 1918 or 1919.
Quote from http://www.theinvergordonarchive.org/picture/number1462.asp:
"The gun tampions have a cockerel emblem confirming that she is H.M.S. Valiant. The flying-off platforms were fitted to the ‘B’ and ‘X’ turrets in 1918 so the date of this picture is either late 1918 or 1919."
Ship details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Valiant_(1914)
"The gun tampions have a cockerel emblem confirming that she is H.M.S. Valiant. The flying-off platforms were fitted to the ‘B’ and ‘X’ turrets in 1918 so the date of this picture is either late 1918 or 1919."
Ship details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Valiant_(1914)