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The
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A 25-ton version with a barrel of 300 inches (30 calibres) and firing a 450-pound projectile was supplied in 1884 to the
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Instructions for 10 inch rifled breech loading
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Mk I : 317.5 inches (8,064 mm) (31.75 calibres)
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Elswick Mk I coastal defence barbette mounting diagram
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