• 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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    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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    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 BL 12-inch Mk X naval gun
    The BL 12 inch Gun Mark X was a British 45-calibre naval gun which was mounted as primary armament on battleships and battlecruisers from 1906. It first...
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    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 9.2-inch Mk IX – X naval gun
    The 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...
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  • Thumbnail for BL 16-inch Mk I naval gun
    The BL 16-inch Mark I was a British naval gun introduced in the 1920s and used on the two Nelson-class battleships. A breech-loading gun, the barrel was...
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    The BL 6-inch Mark XII naval gun was a British 45 calibre naval gun which was mounted as primary armament on light cruisers and secondary armament on...
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    The BL 8 inch gun Mark VIII was the main battery gun used on the Royal Navy's County-class cruisers, in compliance with the Washington Naval Treaty of...
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  • Thumbnail for BL 9.2-inch Mk XI naval gun
    The BL 9.2-inch Mark XI gun was a British 50 calibre high-velocity naval gun which was mounted as primary armament on armoured cruisers and secondary armament...
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  • Thumbnail for BL 9.2-inch Mk I – VII naval gun
    The BL 9.2-inch Mk I–VII guns were a family of early British heavy breechloading naval and coast defence guns in service from 1881 to the end of World...
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  • Thumbnail for BL 12-inch Mk XI – XII naval gun
    The BL 12-inch Mark XI and Mark XII gun were British breech loading (BL) naval guns of 50-calibres length mounted as primary armament on dreadnought battleships...
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  • Thumbnail for QF 4.5-inch Mk I – V naval gun
    nominally 4.5 inch naval guns, the QF Mk I has an actual calibre of 4.45 inches (113 mm). From the BL Mark I gun of 1916 the 4.7-inch (120 mm) calibre was...
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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 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...
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  • Thumbnail for BL 5.5-inch Mk I naval gun
    The Breech Loading 5.5-inch Mk I was a naval gun used by the British Royal Navy during both World Wars. This weapon was developed by Coventry Ordnance...
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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 6-inch Mk XXIII naval gun
    end of the War. The gun replaced the BL 8 inch Mk VIII naval gun used on earlier Washington Naval Treaty cruisers. These built-up guns consisted of a tube...
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  • Thumbnail for BL 12-inch Mk VIII naval gun
    The BL 12-inch Mark VIII naval gun was one of the first large British rifled breech-loading naval guns designed for the higher pressures generated by the...
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  • Thumbnail for BL 6-inch Mk XI naval gun
    The BL 6-inch Mark XI naval gun was a British 50 calibres high-velocity naval gun which was mounted as primary armament on cruisers and secondary armament...
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    The BL 9.2-inch Mk VIII naval gun was designed for the new cordite propellants and was the first British wire-wound gun of this calibre. The guns were...
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  • Thumbnail for BL 4-inch Mk VIII naval gun
    The BL 4-inch Mark VIII naval gun was a British medium-velocity wire-wound naval gun introduced in 1908 as an anti-torpedo boat gun in smaller ships whose...
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  • Thumbnail for QF 4-inch naval gun Mk V
    was also used as a coast defence gun. This QF gun was introduced to provide a higher rate of fire than the BL 4 inch Mk VII. It first appeared in 1914 as...
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  • Thumbnail for BL 13.5-inch Mk I – IV naval gun
    The BL 13.5 inch naval gun Mk I ("67-ton gun") was Britain's first successful large breechloading naval gun, initially designed in the early 1880s and...
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  • Thumbnail for BL 6-inch Mk XXII naval gun
    The BL 6-inch Mk XXII gun was a British high-velocity 6-inch 50-calibre wire-wound naval guns deployed on the Nelson-class battleships from the 1920s...
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  • Thumbnail for QF 4-inch naval gun Mk XVI
    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 6-inch naval gun
    British 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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    battleships. The gun also saw service in the British Royal Navy, where it was designated BL 14-inch gun Mk II. The design of the 14-inch/45-caliber dates...
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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 QF 4.7-inch Mk XI naval gun
    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 Mk...
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