HMS Lance

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HMS Lance, a Royal Navy destroyer, fired the first British shot of the First World War, on August 5, 1914 in an action that resulted in the sinking of the German minelayer Konigin Luise in the North Sea.. The name of the gunlayer who fired the shot however has been lost to history.

The actual gun from HMS Lance (4.4 in) that fired this shot is on display in the Imperial War Museum, London.

 

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