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    The QF 4 inch Mk V gun was a Royal Navy gun of World War I which was adapted on HA (i.e. high-angle) mountings to the heavy anti-aircraft role both at...
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    The QF 4.5 inch gun has been the standard medium-calibre naval gun used by the Royal Navy as a medium-range weapon capable of use against surface, aircraft...
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    The QF 4 inch Mk XVI gun was the standard British Commonwealth naval anti-aircraft and dual-purpose gun of World War II. The Mk XVI superseded the earlier...
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  • Thumbnail for QF 4.7-inch Mk IX & XII naval gun
    The 4.7 inch QF Mark IX and Mark XII were 45-calibre, 4.7-inch (120 mm) naval guns which armed the majority of Royal Navy and Commonwealth destroyers in...
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  • Thumbnail for QF 4.7-inch Mk I – IV naval gun
    The QF 4.7-inch Gun Mks I, II, III, and IV were a family of British quick-firing 4.724-inch (120 mm) naval and coast defence guns of the late 1880s and...
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    century. In UK service it was known as the QF 6-inch Mk I, II, III guns. As the 15 cm/40 (6") 41st Year Type naval gun it was used for pre-dreadnought battleships...
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    The QF 4-inch gun Mk IV was the main gun on most Royal Navy and British Empire destroyers in World War I. It was introduced in 1911 as a faster-loading...
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    ammunition gun ever in service in the RN, though the round was considerably shorter and lighter than the round for the QF 4.5-inch Mk I – V naval gun. It was...
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    gun replaced the World War II era 45-calibre QF 4.5-inch Mk I – V naval guns. Like all British 4.5 inch naval guns, it has a calibre of 4.45 inches (113 mm)...
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  • Thumbnail for QF 4-inch naval gun Mk XIX
    The QF 4-inch Mk XIX gun was a British low-velocity 4-inch 40-calibre naval gun used to arm small warships such as Bathurst and Castle-class corvette...
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  • Thumbnail for BL 15-inch Mk I naval gun
    The BL 15-inch Mark I succeeded the BL 13.5-inch Mk V naval gun. It was the first British 15-inch (380 mm) gun design and the most widely used and longest...
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  • Thumbnail for BL 4-inch Mk IX naval gun
    The BL 4-inch Mk IX naval gun was a British medium-velocity naval gun introduced in 1917 as secondary armament on the Renown-class battlecruisers and Glorious-class...
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    HMS Scylla and HMS Charybdis, which mounted QF 4.5-inch Mk III guns due to shortages of the 5.25-inch gun. The last five of the Dido class also known...
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  • Thumbnail for BL 6-inch Mk VII naval gun
    The BL 6-inch gun Mark VII (and the related Mk VIII) was a British naval gun dating from 1899, which was mounted on a heavy travelling carriage in 1915...
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  • Thumbnail for BL 13.5-inch Mk V naval gun
    The BL 13.5 inch Mk V gun was a British heavy naval gun, introduced in 1912 as the main armament for the new super-dreadnought battleships of the Orion...
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  • Thumbnail for BL 18-inch Mk I naval gun
    The BL 18-inch Mk I naval gun was a breech-loading naval rifle used by the Royal Navy during World War I. It was the largest and heaviest gun ever used...
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  • Thumbnail for QF 4.7-inch Mk XI naval gun
    The 4.7 inch QF Mark XI was a 50-calibre, 4.7-inch (120 mm) naval gun mounted on Royal Navy (RN) and Allied destroyers during World War II. The QF 4.7-inch...
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  • Thumbnail for BL 14-inch Mk VII naval gun
    The BL 14-inch Mk VII naval gun was a breech loading (BL) gun designed for the battleships of the Royal Navy in the late 1930s. This gun armed the King...
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  • Thumbnail for QF 4-inch naval gun Mk I – III
    QF 4-inch gun Mks I, II, III were early British QF (quick-firing) naval guns originating in 1895. They all had barrels of 40 calibres length. The gun...
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    Mk I breech with the Mk II barrel. A prototype development of the 3.7-inch gun using the QF 4.5-inch naval gun Mk V barrel with a liner to give a gun...
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  • Thumbnail for QF 12-pounder 12 cwt naval gun
    The QF 12-pounder 12-cwt gun (Quick-Firing) (abbreviated as Q.F. 12-pdr. [12-cwt.]) was a common, versatile 3-inch (76.2 mm) calibre naval gun introduced...
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  • Thumbnail for QF 4.7-inch Mk V naval gun
    The QF 4.7 inch Gun Mark V originated as a 4.7 in (120 mm) 45-calibre naval gun designed by the Elswick Ordnance Company for export customers and known...
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    The Ordnance QF Hotchkiss 6 pounder gun Mk I and Mk II or QF 6 pounder 8 cwt were a family of long-lived light 57 mm naval guns introduced in 1885 to defend...
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    3-inch AA gun. The gun was based on a prewar Vickers naval 3-inch (76 mm) QF gun with modifications specified by the War Office in 1914. These (Mk I)...
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  • Thumbnail for BL 6-inch Mk II – VI naval gun
    warships by the QF 6-inch gun from 1891. These were Royal Gun Factory designs, although they were also manufactured by Elswick Ordnance. Mk II followed the...
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  • Thumbnail for BL 4-inch Mk VII naval gun
    The BL 4-inch gun Mk VII was a British high-velocity naval gun introduced in 1908 as an anti-torpedo boat gun in large ships, and in the main armament...
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  • Thumbnail for BL 4-inch Mk VIII naval gun
    support the strain of the heavier and more powerful Mk VII gun. The gun succeeded the QF 4-inch Mk III, whose 25-pound (11 kg) shell had been considered...
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  • Thumbnail for BL 8-inch Mk VIII naval gun
    gun mountings. A similar gun formed the main battery of Spanish Canarias-class cruisers. In 1930, the Royal Navy adopted the BL 6 inch Mk XXIII naval...
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  • Thumbnail for BL 7.5-inch Mk II – V naval gun
    The BL 7.5-inch Mk II–Mk V guns were a variety of 50-calibre naval guns used by Britain in World War I. They all had similar performance and fired the...
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  • Thumbnail for BL 9.2-inch Mk IX – X naval gun
    BL 9.2-inch Mk IX and Mk X guns were British breech loading 9.2-inch (234 mm) guns of 46.7 calibre, in service from 1899 to the 1950s as naval and coast...
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