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guns on 1870s carriages, were acquired to quickly arm some forts with modern quick-firing guns. They were designated as "6-inch
Armstrong guns" and mounted on pedestals in US service, and appear to have been withdrawn from service by 1925. A total of nine guns were mounted in one-, two-, or three-gun
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to absorb recoil and return the barrel to loading position after firing. This allowed the gun to recoil directly backwards rather than backwards and upwards as previously and is the recoil system which in essence is still in use. Mk III was built by
Elswick and was similar to Mk I except that it had
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two miles (3 km) north of
Chieveley) and knocked out a Boer gun at 16,500 yd (15,100 m), followed by a Boer searchlight, as Buller approached Ladysmith from the South East and pushed the Boers back towards the Tugela river. On 26 February Lieutenant Burne reports firing from the same
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construction. The breech mechanisms were developed from the existing 6-inch (150 mm) BL mechanisms, but as it no longer had to provide obturation (sealing of the breech), the front was made coned rather than straight which allowed it to be swung round to the side before it was fully withdrawn,
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2154 ft/second in
British service firing 100 lb (45 kg) projectile, using 13 lb 4 oz (6.0 kg) Cordite size 30 propellant, at 60 °F (16 °C). 1,882 ft/s (574 m/s) using 27 lb 12 oz (12.6 kg) gunpowder propellant. From Text Book of Gunnery,
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From 1894 a number of guns were adapted for coast defence use, with the original 3-motion breeches replaced by modern single-motion breeches to increase the rate of fire, which designated them as "B" guns. Nineteen guns were still active in the defence of the UK as at April 1918 :
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The
Elswick export designation for guns sold to Italy and Japan was Pattern Z and Pattern Z1. In Italian service they were known as Cannone da 152/40 A Modello 1891. These guns armed armoured cruisers,
797:. The ships were reclassified as destroyers upon commissioning, despite retaining the 6-inch guns for the years to come, thus making the gun the heaviest artillery piece ever mounted on a pre-
338:. The man at left holds a shell, the men at right hold brass powder cartridges. Note the coned breech screw and lugs on the underside of the breech ring to which recoil cylinders are attached
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battleships. The
Elswick export designation for guns sold to Italy and Japan was Pattern Z and Pattern Z1. They were the standard secondary armament on pre-dreadnought battleships and the
653:, and various obsolete 6-inch naval guns were converted to 8-inch howitzers. Sixty-three QF 6-inch Mk II guns were shortened, bored out to 8 in (200 mm) and converted to
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inclined slides to absorb recoil. QF Mk I and II dispensed with trunnions and instead on the lower side of the breech ring were lugs to which were attached modern recoil buffer and
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trunnions which allowed it to be deployed on the remaining obsolescent but still in service
Vavasseur recoil mountings. All 3 Marks had the same dimensions and performance.
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position on a Boer gun at 15,000 yd (14,000 m) at 28° elevation and falling 200 yd (180 m) short. The 7-ton weight (compared to the 2½ tons of the Boer
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At least one gun is known to have been mounted by the Royal Navy on an improvised anti-aircraft mounting on a railway truck, defending docks during the First World War.
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on 25 December 1908. It was further re-named in centimetres on 5 October 1917 as part of the standardisation process for the
Imperial Japanese Navy converting to the
837:. It was feared that the Spanish fleet would bombard US ports, and most of the Endicott forts were still years from completion. So the 6-inch guns, along with 34
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classes they made up most of the armament, though the latter class carried two 9.2-inch (230 mm) guns as well. The pre-dreadnought battleship classes of the
404:. This shows the left trunnion (detailed in black) by which it is mounted on a Vavasseur recoil slide, and there are no lugs on the underside of the breech ring
1469:"Instructions for Mounting, Using, and Caring for 6-inch Rapid-Fire Gun, Armstrong", 1903, revised 1908, reprinted 1917, Washington: Government Printing Office
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to denote Marks (models) of service ordnance until after the Second World War. This article describes the first three models of Royal Navy 6-inch QF guns.
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African Military History Society. Military History Journal – Vol 2 No 2 December 1971. "Guns in South Africa 1899–1902 Part III and IV"
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and transported by rail to
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on several classes of armoured cruisers and protected cruisers of the Imperial Japanese Navy. They served aboard Japanese ships in the
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Mk V howitzer used QF Mk II barrels converted to BL (total of 63). Details from Clarke 2005, p. 34, and Tony DiGiulian's website
1409:"THE NAVAL GUNS IN NATAL 1899–1902" The South African Military History Society Military History Journal – Vol 4 No 3, June 1978
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Text Book of Gunnery, 1902. LONDON : PRINTED FOR HIS MAJESTY'S STATIONERY OFFICE, BY HARRISON AND SONS, ST. MARTIN'S LANE
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or general purpose warhead. An anti-submarine shell of 113 lb (51 kg) was developed and in service from 1943.
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fortifications, and were initially mounted 1898–1907. They were acquired in 1898 due to the outbreak of the
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to produce the BL 8-inch howitzer Mk V. Four entered service in December 1915 and 59 followed in 1916.
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rather than having to be fully withdrawn before swinging to the side as with the BL gun.
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propellant is upended at bottom left, a shell stands next to the cartridge.
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and in 1891 became the first Royal Navy gun using the Armstrong
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The gun was named "Type 41" from the 41st year of the reign of
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In World War I Britain urgently needed heavy artillery on the
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of pre-dreadnoughts of the 1890s and cruisers to 1905. On the
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Typical naval deck mounting. An early long cartridge case for
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Report of the Commission on the Conduct of the War with Spain
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820 feet per second (250 m/s) for anti-submarine shells
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Handbook of the 6 inch Q. F. Gun, land service, 1898, 1903
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The Grand Fleet: Warship Design and Development 1906–1922
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US fort and battery list at the Coast Defense Study Group
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Handbook of the 6 inch "b" Q.F. guns, land service, 1911
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Steam, Steel and Shellfire: The Steam Warship, 1815–1905
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These guns were adopted in very limited quantity by the
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pattern 6-inch (150 mm) guns used on contemporary
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Warrior to Dreadnought: Warship Development 1860–1905
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Anti-aircraft mounting on Prince of Wales Pier, Dover
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Three guns were mounted on each of the two Romanian
463:6-inch Mk I, Mk II and Mk III, the gun was used as
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1106:(3). The South African Military History Society.
409:The preceding generation of British 6-inch guns (
359:QF 3- and 6-pounders from 1885 onwards, and with
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1515:from Russo-Japanese War Research Society website
1502:from Russo-Japanese War Research Society website
1416:The Big Gun: Battleship Main Armament, 1860–1945
1389:Gardiner, Robert; Lambert, Andrew, eds. (2001).
933:when the ship was transferred to Canada as HMCS
846:batteries, with four of the nine transferred to
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370:, which passed its trials on Elswick range near
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1004:Weapons of comparable role, performance and era
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1199:Britain 6"/40 (15.2 cm) QF Marks I, II and III
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343:These guns were developed to exploit the new "
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1294:American Seacoast Defenses, A Reference Guide
701:Type 41 6-inch (152 mm)/40 naval gun on
1393:. Conway's History of the Ship. Book Sales.
2602:Victorian-era weapons of the United Kingdom
1506:Range tables for Pattern Z as used by Japan
1493:Range tables for Pattern W as used by Japan
547:, presumably in response to the failure at
543:in February 1900 at the request of General
291:15 cm/40 (6") 41st Year Type naval gun
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1219:Revista istorică, Volumul 15, Edițiile 1-2
455:A diagram from Brassey's Naval Annual 1896
419:hydrospring recuperator (runout) cylinders
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1221:, Institutul, 2004, p. 221 (in Romanian)
850:1913–1917. Eight guns were initially at
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1534:"British 6"/40 QF Marks I, II, and III"
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378:in October 1890. Mk II was built by
261:2,154 feet per second (657 m/s)
2617:Russo-Japanese war weapons of Japan
1188:Hogg & Thurston 1972, Page 206.
1096:"THE NAVAL GUNS IN NATAL 1899–1902"
1084:Hogg & Thurston 1972, Page 140.
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1521:"Japanese 15.2 cm/40 (6") Type 41"
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331:Loading a MK I or II deck gun on
37:15 cm/40 (6") 41st Year Type
2592:Naval guns of the United Kingdom
1362:Lieutenant C. R. N. Burne R.N.,
1231:Congressional serial set, 1900,
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268:Effective firing range
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1463:"Fifty Years in the Royal Navy"
1296:(Second ed.). CDSG Press.
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361:QF 4.7-inch Mk I – IV naval gun
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279:QF 6-inch 40 calibre naval gun
200:, separate cartridge and shell
182:240 inches (6.096 m) bore
34:QF 6-inch 40 calibre naval gun
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1292:Berhow, Mark A., ed. (2004).
1179:Farndale 1988, page 398 – 404
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621:World War I anti-aircraft gun
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2400:QF 2-pounder "pom-pom" Mk II
1489:at State Library of Victoria
1483:at State Library of Victoria
524:Second Boer War land service
7:
2244:QF 14-pounder Mk I & II
2159:EOC 12-inch 45 cal. Mk XIII
998:
645:BL 8-inch howitzer Mk I – V
295:pre-dreadnought battleships
10:
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2487:Spherical Mk I, II and III
2320:QF 12-pounder 12 cwt Mk II
2154:BL 12-inch Mk XI & XII
1140:Bridgland 1998, pp 126–128
1094:Hall, D.D. (3 June 1978).
990:, set up on the island of
986:Two guns, originally from
880:Fort Screven, Tybee Island
876:Charleston, South Carolina
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2179:EOC 14-inch 45 cal. Mk I
1744:68-pounder Lancaster gun
1100:Military History Journal
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152:Elswick Ordnance Company
18:Elswick 6 inch naval gun
2294:BL 6-inch Mk XIII-XVIII
2129:Vickers 10-inch 45 cal.
1942:QF 6-pounder Nordenfelt
1733:Rifled muzzle-loaders (
1010:15 cm SK L/40 naval gun
978:Fort Nelson, Portsmouth
967:A Mk III gun and shield
926:These guns were aboard
916:St. Petersburg, Florida
839:4.7-inch Armstrong guns
738:First Sino-Japanese War
287:QF 6-inch Mk I, II, III
211:100 pounds (45 kg)
2506:Anti-submarine weapons
2441:QF 6-pounder Hotchkiss
2431:QF 3-pounder Hotchkiss
2349:Merchant ship armament
2313:small cruiser armament
2222:Secondary armament and
2164:BL 13.5-inch Mk I – IV
1937:QF 6-pounder Hotchkiss
1932:QF 3-pounder Hotchkiss
1884:BL 9.2-inch Mk I – VII
1724:RBL 7-inch 110-pounder
1439:Parkes, Oscar (1990).
1414:Hodges, Peter (1981).
1131:Burne 1902, Chapter II
957:Two coast defence guns
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771:Romanian naval service
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692:Japanese naval service
680:. They served aboard
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307:Imperial Japanese Navy
247:Rate of fire
105:Imperial Japanese Navy
2356:QF 4.7-inch Mk I – IV
2055:naval weapons of the
1993:1-inch Nordenfelt gun
1899:BL 12-inch Mk I – VII
1795:RML 64-pounder 64 cwt
1777:Rifled muzzle-loaders
1767:RML 64-pounder 71 cwt
1754:Rifled muzzle-loaders
1578:naval weapons of the
1344:Brown, D. K. (2003).
1325:Brown, D. K. (2003).
1314:". Leo Cooper, 1998.
852:Fort Williams (Maine)
812:
699:
661:Italian naval service
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411:BL Mks III, IV and VI
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368:built up construction
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251:5–7 rounds per minute
2436:QF 3-pounder Vickers
2274:QF 6-inch Mk I – III
2234:QF 12-pounder 18 cwt
1874:BL 6-inch Mk II – VI
1869:BL 6-inch 80-pounder
1702:Rifled breechloaders
1511:2 March 2012 at the
1498:4 March 2016 at the
1407:Major Darrell Hall,
1149:Burne 1902 Chapter V
948:Japanese battleship
835:Spanish–American War
703:Japanese battleship
376:Lord George Hamilton
257:Muzzle velocity
2569:QF 12-pounder 8 cwt
2543:Type G Depth charge
2538:Type F Depth charge
2533:Type E Depth charge
2528:Type D Depth charge
2523:Type C Depth charge
2518:Type B Depth charge
2513:Type A Depth charge
2459:18-inch Mk V – VIII
2134:EOC 10-inch 45 cal.
2079:BL 9.2-inch Mk VIII
1889:BL 9.2-inch Mk VIII
1790:RML 9-pounder 8 cwt
1441:British Battleships
1348:. Caxton Editions.
813:Gun relocated from
722:Newcastle upon Tyne
714:Armstrong Whitworth
561:relief of Ladysmith
374:in the presence of
241:+150 / -150 degrees
119:Royal Canadian Navy
2392:Anti-aircraft guns
2174:BL 13.5-inch Mk VI
2139:BL 12-inch Mk VIII
2094:BL 12-inch Mk VIII
2089:BL 9.2-inch Mk XII
1904:BL 12-inch Mk VIII
1830:RML 12-inch 35-ton
1825:RML 12-inch 25-ton
1669:13-inch Blomefield
1664:10-inch Blomefield
941:Surviving examples
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742:Russo-Japanese War
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469:protected cruisers
465:secondary armament
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431:Royal Navy service
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303:protected cruisers
143:Production history
129:Russo-Japanese War
2607:Coastal artillery
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2492:Vickers Elia mine
2361:QF 4.7-inch Mk V*
2330:BL 4-inch Mk VIII
2213:BL 9.2-inch Mk XI
2169:BL 13.5-inch Mk V
2074:BL 9.2-inch Mk VI
2019:
2018:
2011:Whitehead torpedo
1924:Quick-firing guns
1692:24-pounder Millar
1687:12-pounder Millar
1607:32-pounder 55 cwt
1532:DiGiulian, Tony.
1519:DiGiulian, Tony.
1400:978-0-7858-1413-9
1355:978-1-84067-531-3
1310:Tony Bridgland, "
1245:Berhow, pp. 92–93
1016:6"/40 caliber gun
1012:German equivalent
953:, Yokosuka, Japan
688:and World War I.
686:Italo-Turkish War
584:Coast defence gun
299:armoured cruisers
275:
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68:Coast defence gun
16:(Redirected from
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2612:World War I guns
2597:152 mm artillery
2405:QF 3-inch 20 cwt
2382:QF 4-inch Mk XII
2340:BL 4.7-inch Mk I
2325:QF 4-inch Mk III
2289:BL 6-inch Mk XII
2279:BL 6-inch Mk VII
2269:BL 5.5-inch Mk I
2254:BL 4-inch Mk VII
2249:QF 4-inch Mk III
2208:BL 9.2-inch Mk X
2203:BL 7.5-inch Mk I
2194:Armoured cruiser
2144:BL 12-inch Mk IX
2099:BL 14-inch Mk II
2084:BL 9.2-inch Mk X
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1112:0026-4016
946:On board
937:in 1910.
928:HMS
892:Tampa Bay
888:Fort Dade
886:(1), and
821:, Florida
815:Fort Dade
794:Mărășești
668:ironclads
534:HMS
505:Centurion
497:HMS
415:Vavasseur
333:HMS
227:Elevation
92:1892–1945
64:Naval gun
52:gunpowder
27:Naval gun
1781:Woolwich
1509:Archived
1496:Archived
1457:Admiral
1283:Archived
999:See also
992:Vementry
799:Cold War
599:Alderney
595:Guernsey
536:Terrible
511:Majestic
508:-class,
502:-class,
480:Powerful
444:Powerful
311:Cold War
237:Traverse
2065:Monitor
1656:Mortars
1590:cannons
973:Calypso
884:Georgia
841:and 21
788:Mărăști
718:Elswick
674:of the
655:BL type
549:Colenso
517:Canopus
471:of the
459:As the
372:Silloth
335:Ariadne
217:Calibre
1641:8-inch
1447:
1422:
1397:
1375:
1352:
1333:
1318:
1300:
1110:
950:Mikasa
848:Hawaii
780:-class
778:Aquila
705:Mikasa
611:Mersey
591:Jersey
474:Diadem
317:Design
208:weight
177:Barrel
2479:Mines
1059:1902.
1023:Notes
969:from
935:Niobe
930:Niobe
914:near
878:(1),
862:(1),
854:(1),
607:Clyde
601:(2),
597:(2),
593:(2),
565:kopje
541:Natal
486:Edgar
206:Shell
193:Shell
2067:guns
1445:ISBN
1420:ISBN
1395:ISBN
1373:ISBN
1350:ISBN
1331:ISBN
1316:ISBN
1298:ISBN
1119:2009
1108:ISSN
980:, UK
971:HMS
791:and
744:and
499:Hood
483:and
442:HMS
355:and
301:and
277:The
168:Mass
125:Wars
60:Type
2311:and
976:at
959:at
817:to
539:in
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906:,
898:,
890:,
882:,
874:,
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740:,
726:QF
720:,
716:,
580:.
477:,
461:QF
345:QF
297:,
198:QF
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