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QF 4-inch naval gun Mk I – III

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Its 25-pound (11 kg) shell proved insufficiently powerful to make it much of an improvement on the 12-pounder. From 1907 onwards it was succeeded in its class on new warships by the
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2300 ft/s with 25 lb (11 kg) projectile in 1902, using 3 lb 9 oz (1.6 kg) cordite Mk I size 15 propellant (Text Book of Gunnery 1902)
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From 1906 a number of Mk III guns were transferred from the Royal Navy for use as coast defence guns around the United Kingdom, and remained until 1939.
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to denote Marks (models) of ordnance until after World War 2. Hence this article describes the first three models of British QF 4-inch guns.
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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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archipelago, northwest Scotland, after a German submarine attack there, by the German submarine
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were early British QF (quick-firing) naval guns originating in 1895. They all had barrels of 40
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is on display outside the Elizabeth and Salisbury Navy Club in Elizabeth, South Australia.
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in Zanzibar harbour. Her 8 QF 4-inch Mk III guns were recovered and used ashore in the
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Remaining ships were all scrapped or decommissioned following WWI, by 1921 at latest
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In 1918 three guns were in service at Dover Garrison and eight at Forth Garrison.
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The gun was intended to be a more powerful alternative to the quick-firing 3-inch
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Australian troops with gun on a transport ship, circa. November 1914
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on Mombasa Island, Kenya, next to one of the 10.5-cm guns from
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Gun drill for 4 inch Q.F. mark III gun (land service) 1924
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British Artillery Weapons & Ammunition 1914-1918
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QF 4 inch naval gun Mk I - III

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Coast defence gun
British Empire
Boxer Rebellion
World War I
Barrel
cal
Shell
Separate-loading QF
Common pointed
Lyddite
Calibre
Breech
Muzzle velocity

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