- The name
barbette ultimately comes from fortification: it
originally meant a
raised platform or mound, as in the
French phrase en barbette,
which refers...
- ring
followed the
Krupp design. The guns
appear to have been
mounted en barbette,
rather than on a
disappearing carriage. A US
Naval Intelligence report...
-
mound or
raised platform of earth,
whereon the
artillery was
placed en barbette, so as to fire over the
outer wall, and
command a
range on
every side...
- all
partly revetted with brick; the
Octava or
Madame Lynch (three guns
en barbette); the
Coimbra (eight guns); and the Tacuarà (three guns). Next, the invading...
- haven.
There are
seven positions intended for 68-pounder guns
firing en barbette (i.e. on open
mountings firing over a parapet), the
southernmost four...
-
protective measures against capital ship counterfire. The gun was
mounted en barbette on a wrought-iron
sliding carriage,
allowing the gun to be
fired over...
- five RBL 7-inch
Armstrong guns and four 68-pounder guns, all
mounted en barbette (i.e. in an open mounting,
firing over a parapet). The
landward side...
- some of
which were
mounted in
protective casemates; the rest were in
en barbette mountings,
firing over the parapets. Two
smaller fortresses were located...
- fire from the
nearby Fort
Manoel and Fort Tigné. The gun was
mounted en barbette on a wrought-iron
sliding carriage and gun
fired over the top of the...
-
Whitworth naval guns
mounted on
rifled Lev****eur carriages,
arranged en barbette. In addition, the ship was
equipped with a bow gun, four 25 mm Nordenfelt...