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924:The Big Gun: Battleship Main Armament, 1860–1945
903:Gardiner, Robert; Lambert, Andrew, eds. (2001).
730:Weapons of comparable role, performance and era
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74:United Kingdom, later licence-produced in Japan
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907:. Conway's History of the Ship. Book Sales.
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282:15,000 yards (14 km); 15° elevation
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1153:BL 12-inch Mk XI & XII
714:s scrapped after the war.
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1178:EOC 14-inch 45 cal. Mk I
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133:Elswick Ordnance Company
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960:DiGiulian, Tony.
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691:Regina Margherita
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