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for Brazil. Its secondary armament consisted of 20 of
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wore out early in the war from continuous use first bombarding the
Belgian coast and later in East Africa, and were replaced by standard 6-inch Mk VII guns, while
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early in World War I with original twin 6-inch gun turret forward
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was decommissioned in 1958, but ended active service in 1951.
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Mk XIV & XV : 2,900 feet per second (880 m/s)
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in British service. These guns were used from 1915 on HMS
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in 1942 with two starboard forward 6-inch guns visible
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18:BL 6 inch naval guns Mk XIII - XVIII
526:British 6"/50 (15.2 cm) BL Mark XVI
254:Superfluous at the end of the war,
135:300 inches (7.620 m) bore (50
119:Mk XIII, XIV, XV, XVI, XVII, XVIII
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1137:Naval guns of the United Kingdom
231:were completing the battleship
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103:Mk XIII, XVII, XVIII :
791:QF 14-pounder Mk I & II
706:EOC 12-inch 45 cal. Mk XIII
278:6-inch Mark XIV and XV guns
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1034:Spherical Mk I, II and III
867:QF 12-pounder 12 cwt Mk II
701:BL 12-inch Mk XI & XII
154:100 pounds (45.36 kg)
394:and the aircraft carrier
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61:Place of origin
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973:.303 Vickers machine gun
846:BL 7.5-inch Mk II – Mk V
726:EOC 14-inch 45 cal. Mk I
164:6 inches (152.4 mm)
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676:Vickers 10-inch 45 cal.
108:Mk XIV, XV, XVI :
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988:QF 6-pounder Hotchkiss
978:QF 3-pounder Hotchkiss
896:Merchant ship armament
860:small cruiser armament
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362:6-inch Mark XVII gun
300:originally built by
200:6-inch Mark XIII gun
170:Muzzle velocity
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1090:Type G Depth charge
1085:Type F Depth charge
1080:Type E Depth charge
1075:Type D Depth charge
1070:Type C Depth charge
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1006:18-inch Mk V – VIII
681:EOC 10-inch 45 cal.
626:BL 9.2-inch Mk VIII
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338:6-inch Mark XVI gun
229:Armstrong-Whitworth
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721:BL 13.5-inch Mk VI
686:BL 12-inch Mk VIII
641:BL 12-inch Mk VIII
636:BL 9.2-inch Mk XII
474:List of naval guns
451:Surviving Examples
388:Almirante Cochrane
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95:Production history
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877:BL 4-inch Mk VIII
760:BL 9.2-inch Mk XI
716:BL 13.5-inch Mk V
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494:Almiranye Latorre
458:Almirante Latorre
403:6-inch BL Mk XVII
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801:BL 4-inch Mk VII
796:QF 4-inch Mk III
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86:World War I
1131:Categories
648:(US built)
534:References
998:Torpedoes
856:Destroyer
348:HMS
344:Reshadieh
256:Agincourt
244:Agincourt
77:1914–1958
55:Naval gun
29:Naval gun
468:See also
430:Bjørgvin
323:and HMS
267:Ladybird
212:Ladybird
116:Variants
100:Designer
612:Monitor
443:Glatton
426:Nidaros
302:Vickers
227:began,
190:calibre
160:Calibre
110:Vickers
436:Gorgon
407:Canada
392:Canada
331:Humber
325:Mersey
321:Severn
307:Humber
289:Mersey
130:Barrel
1026:Mines
480:Notes
411:Eagle
398:Eagle
373:Eagle
261:Aphis
223:When
150:Shell
614:guns
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355:Erin
350:Erin
329:HMS
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210:HMS
82:Wars
51:Type
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