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In
Victorian naval service in the 1890s the gun is reported as firing a shell weighing 14 lbs to a range of 8,000 yards with a muzzle velocity of 2100 ft/second, using a 6.5 lb black powder charge.
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was a 3-inch medium-velocity naval gun used to equip warships for defence against torpedo boats. It was produced for export by Maxim-Nordenfelt (later
Vickers, Sons and Maxim) in competition with the
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in 1897. In 1900 they were removed, mounted on field carriages and went to China with the
Victorian Naval Contingent to confront the
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2100 ft/sec in
Victorian Navy service, firing 14 lb projectile, using 6½ lb gunpowder propellant :
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In
British service the guns fired the same 3-inch 12.5 lb shell as QF 12-pounder guns.
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From additions to 1890 Manual for
Victorian naval forces circa. 1895. HMVS Cerberus website
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circa. 1900. Note fixed-round cartridge with shell standing at gunner's feet in background.
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The gun equipped ships built in
Britain for various foreign navies including Chile.
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Additions to 1890 Manual for
Victorian naval forces circa. 1895
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QF 14-pounder slide show at
Friends of the Cerberus website
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VSM Gun tables as published in
Brasseys Naval Annual 1901
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14 pounds (6.35 kg) or 12.5 pounds (5.67 kg)
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204:2,100 feet per second (640 m/s) (14 lb shell)
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1024:World War I naval weapons of the United Kingdom
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272:14-pounders were used for coastal defence at
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212:8,000 yards (7,320 m) (14 lb shell)
18:QF 14 pounder Maxim-Nordenfelt naval gun
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357:shell with internal night tracer, 1914
7:
161:135 inches (3.429 m)bore (45
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1014:Naval guns of the United Kingdom
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336:Cordite Cartridges circa. 1905
663:QF 14-pounder Maxim-Nordenfelt
209:Maximum firing range
1:
824:QF 2-pounder "pom-pom" Mk II
668:QF 14-pounder Mk I & II
583:EOC 12-inch 45 cal. Mk XIII
268:Victorian coastal artillery
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911:Spherical Mk I, II and III
744:QF 12-pounder 12 cwt Mk II
578:BL 12-inch Mk XI & XII
150:1,638 pounds (743 kg)
169:
76:Place of origin
39:
850:.303 Vickers machine gun
723:BL 7.5-inch Mk II – Mk V
603:EOC 14-inch 45 cal. Mk I
718:BL 6-inch Mk XIII-XVIII
553:Vickers 10-inch 45 cal.
249:2 guns were mounted on
58:Friends of the Cerberus
34:Ordnance QF 14-pounder
930:Anti-submarine weapons
865:QF 6-pounder Hotchkiss
855:QF 3-pounder Hotchkiss
773:Merchant ship armament
737:small cruiser armament
646:Secondary armament and
588:BL 13.5-inch Mk I – IV
415:HMVS Cerberus armament
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245:Victorian Navy service
103:Victorian Naval Forces
55:Photo courtesy of the
780:QF 4.7-inch Mk I – IV
479:naval weapons of the
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194:3-inch (76.2 mm)
860:QF 3-pounder Vickers
698:QF 6-inch Mk I – III
658:QF 12-pounder 18 cwt
231:QF 12-pounder 18 cwt
227:QF 12-pounder 12 cwt
200:Muzzle velocity
993:QF 12-pounder 8 cwt
967:Type G Depth charge
962:Type F Depth charge
957:Type E Depth charge
952:Type D Depth charge
947:Type C Depth charge
942:Type B Depth charge
937:Type A Depth charge
883:18-inch Mk V – VIII
558:EOC 10-inch 45 cal.
503:BL 9.2-inch Mk VIII
346:Mk II & Mk III
816:Anti-aircraft guns
598:BL 13.5-inch Mk VI
563:BL 12-inch Mk VIII
518:BL 12-inch Mk VIII
513:BL 9.2-inch Mk XII
370:List of naval guns
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288:British ammunition
119:Production history
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977:7.5-inch howitzer
916:Vickers Elia mine
785:QF 4.7-inch Mk V*
754:BL 4-inch Mk VIII
637:BL 9.2-inch Mk XI
593:BL 13.5-inch Mk V
498:BL 9.2-inch Mk VI
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100:Various countries
16:(Redirected from
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829:QF 3-inch 20 cwt
806:QF 4-inch Mk XII
764:BL 4.7-inch Mk I
749:QF 4-inch Mk III
713:BL 6-inch Mk XII
703:BL 6-inch Mk VII
693:BL 5.5-inch Mk I
678:BL 4-inch Mk VII
673:QF 4-inch Mk III
632:BL 9.2-inch Mk X
627:BL 7.5-inch Mk I
618:Armoured cruiser
568:BL 12-inch Mk IX
523:BL 14-inch Mk II
508:BL 9.2-inch Mk X
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972:Cruiser Mine
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158: length
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97:Used by
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921:Type H mine
278:Fort Pearce
274:Fort Nepean
113:World War I
1008:Categories
525:(US built)
376:References
251:HMVS
48:HMVS
875:Torpedoes
733:Destroyer
180:separate
92:1894-19??
70:Naval gun
27:Naval gun
364:See also
253:Cerberus
163:calibres
124:Designed
50:Cerberus
489:Monitor
237:Service
224:Elswick
190:Calibre
353:Mk IV
350:shell
343:shell
339:Mk II
233:guns.
156:Barrel
903:Mines
176:Shell
491:guns
280:and
229:and
218:The
147:Mass
127:189?
109:Wars
66:Type
735:and
46:On
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182:QF
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