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  • |caption=Crewmen of [[HMS Goliath (1898)|HMS ''Goliath'']] photographed before guns |origin= [[United Kingdom]]
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  • |caption=Aft guns of [[HMS Emperor of India (1913)|HMS ''Emperor of India'']] ...n}}. Some guns were designated H or L to designated they were intended for the heavy or light shell.</ref>
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  • |caption=Forward turret of [[HMS Hood (1891)|HMS ''Hood'']] |origin= [[United Kingdom]]
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  • ...gned for the ships of the [[Royal Navy]] in the late 1930s. This gun armed the [[King George V class battleship (1939)|''King George V'' class battleships ...ip|''Nelson'' class battleships]], the British reverted to the combination of lower velocities and (relatively) heavier shells in this weapon.
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  • |caption=An animation representing the loading cycle of the Mark I turret for the BL 15 inch Mark I. <!-- Artillery specifications -->
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  • |origin= [[United Kingdom]] ...slow burning Brown "cocoa" powder - a form of gunpowder) charge. Text Book of Gunnery, 1902. Table XII, Page 336</ref>
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  • |caption=Guns of HMS Rodney at maximum elevation, 1940 <!-- Artillery specifications -->
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  • | caption = On the [[monitor (warship)|monitor]] {{HMS|General Wolfe|1915}} | origin = [[United Kingdom]]
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  • <!-- Artillery specifications --> ...y naval gun introduced in 1918 for destroyers, to counter a new generation of heavily-armed destroyers Germany was believed to be developing.
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  • <!-- Artillery specifications --> ...tish medium-velocity naval gun introduced in 1916 as secondary armament on the [[Renown class battlecruiser|''Renown'' class battlecruiser]]s and [[Glorio
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  • |origin= [[United Kingdom]] ...{{convert|3|lb|1|oz|kg|abbr=on}} cordite MK I size 5 propellant (Text Book of Gunnery, 1902)</ref>
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  • ...icon|United Kingdom}} [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|United Kingdom]] ...icon|United Kingdom}} [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|United Kingdom]]
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  • ...er_as_measurement_of_length|calibres]])<ref name=Handbook1913>HANDBOOK for the 4" Mark VII. and VIII. B.L. Guns 1913</ref> ...]] projectile, using 5 lb 4 oz cordite MD size 16 propellant. HANDBOOK for the 4" Mark VII. and VIII. B.L. Guns 1913.</ref>
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  • |caption= One of [[HMS Chester (1915)|HMS ''Chester'''s]] 5.5 inch guns at the [[Imperial War Museum]], London |length= {{convert|6.985|m|in}} bore (50 [[Caliber#Caliber as measurement of length|cal]])
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  • |caption=Mk I coast defence gun outside entrance to the [[Hong Kong Museum of Coastal Defence]] ...aliber as measurement of length|calibres]])<ref name=Gunnery1902>Text Book of Gunnery 1902, Table XII page 336</ref>
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  • |origin= [[United Kingdom]] ...added to strengthen the guns. Treatise on Service Ordnance 1893; Text Book of Gunnery 1902</ref>
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  • ...icon|United Kingdom}} [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|United Kingdom]] |type=[[Naval gun]]<br>[[Coastal artillery|Coastal defence gun]]<br>[[Field gun|Heavy field gun]]
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  • ...asemate gun on [[HMS Warspite (1913)|HMS ''Warspite'']] after the [[Battle of Jutland]] ...e figure used in range tables. New guns were quoted with a muzzle velocity of 2,845 feet per second. Handbook, 1917, Page 5</ref>
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  • ...ser]]s and secondary armament on [[pre-dreadnought battleship]]s. A number of other very similar 6-inch 50-calibre guns found their way into temporary Br ...ritain reverted to 45-calibres guns in new warships from 1914 onwards with the [[BL 6 inch Mk XII naval gun|BL 6 inch Mk XII]] gun.
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  • |origin= [[United Kingdom]] ...}<br>{{navy|Canada}}<br>{{navy|India}}<br>{{navy|Peru}}<br>{{navy|Republic of China}}<br>{{navy|China}}
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