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Tuesday, January 25, 2022

The Royal Navy big gun.



1.   The BL 15-inch Mark I succeeded the BL 13.5 inch /45 naval gun. It was the 
first British 15-inch gun design and the most widely used and longest lasting of any British designs, and arguably the most efficient heavy gun ever developed by the Royal Navy. Shell weight: 1,938 pounds (879 kg) Shell: separate charges and shell Rate of fire: 2 rounds per minute Wars: World War I, World War II, Cold War Barrel length: 630 inches (16 m) L42 Used by: United Kingdom Calibre: 15-inch (381.0mm).

2.   A 14" (356mm) gun is lowered into B turret on HMS Duke of York during her construction, July 1941.
                                                                                                                             


 

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