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  • |Ship sponsor=Mrs. Blanche Brister, mother of ensign Brister |Ship out of service=
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  • |Ship out of service= ...[U.S. Navy]] during [[World War II]]. She served in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] the [[Pacific Ocean]] and provided destroyer escort protection against [[submar
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  • |Ship country={{nowrap|United States}} |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Mexico|naval}}
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  • |Ship out of service= |Ship out of service=
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  • |Ship out of service= ...s Navy]] during [[World War II]]. She served in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] and the [[Pacific Ocean]] and provided destroyer escort protection against [[submar
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  • {{For|other ships of the same name|USS Peterson}} |Ship out of service=
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  • ...USS Camp with 5" guns.jpg|300px|USS ''Camp'' after refit with two 5"/38cal guns]] |Ship out of service=
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  • |Ship out of service= .... Navy]] during [[World War II]]. She served in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] and the [[Pacific Ocean]] and provided destroyer escort protection against [[submar
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  • |Ship namesake=The [[Bering Strait]], connecting the [[Arctic Ocean]] and [[Bering Sea]] |Ship out of service=
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  • |Ship country=[[United States]] |Ship namesake=[[John Downes (naval officer)|John Downes]]
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  • |Ship caption=USS ''Barnegat'' (AVP-10), lead ship of the ''Barnegat''-class small seaplane tenders, in [[Puget Sound]] on 14 October ...the company's name, which also is referred to in ''Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships'' entries as "Associated Shipbuilding Company" (see http://w
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  • {{about|the anti-torpedo boat gun|the rifle calibre "machine gun"|Nordenfelt gun}} |origin={{flagicon|United Kingdom}}
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  • ...nst the Shogitai 1868.jpg|thumb|Armstrong gun deployed by [[Japan]] during the [[Boshin war]] (1868–69).]] ...lso been used to describe Armstrong's [[built-up gun]] construction system of a [[wrought-iron]] tube surrounded by multiple wrought-iron strengthening c
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  • |name=Vickers 10 inch /45 naval gun<br> Type 41 10-inch (254 mm) /45-caliber naval gun<br>BL 10 inch Mk VII |origin= [[United Kingdom]]
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  • ...to arm [[United Kingdom|British]] aircraft for attacking ground targets in the [[World War II|Second World War]]. ...Kimber |location=London |date=1972 |isbn=7183-0362-8 |chapter=10, The 40mm Guns
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  • |name= 12"/45 caliber Mark 5 Naval Gun |type= [[Naval gun]]
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  • ...re taken on top of one of the dual 14"/45 [[caliber#Caliber as measurement of length|caliber]] gun turrets, 1918. |origin= {{flag|United States}}
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  • |origin= {{flag|United States}} |type= Anti-Aircraft Naval Gun
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  • ...th short-range missiles, rockets, rocket-propelled grenades, heavy machine guns or explosives. ...a variety of targets. The safety, reliability and low life-cycle costs of the Bushmaster system added to its overall value."<ref name=globalsecurityMk44/
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  • |name= 4"/50 caliber naval gun ...fired the [[first American shots fired in World War II|first American shot of World War II]] at [[Attack on Pearl Harbor|Pearl Harbor]] on 7 December 194
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  • <!-- Many sources quote 114mm as the calibre but it is in fact 113, please do not change -->{{Infobox Weapon |name=4.5 inch Mark 8 naval gun
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  • ...Royal Navy, 1930-2000: innovation and defence'', p19-41:, Pugh, ''Managing the aerial threat''. </ref> [http://www.hnsa.org/doc/br224/img/dia1.jpg Illustration of a 4.7 inch single mount]
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  • ...at Sea, 1854-1904 |last=Preston |first=Antony |authorlink=Antony Preston (naval historian)|coauthors=Major, John |year=2007 |publisher=Conway Maritime|isbn [[Category:Naval guns of the United Kingdom]]
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  • |type= [[Naval gun]]<br>[[Coastal artillery|Coast Defence gun]] |used_by=[[United Kingdom]]
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  • |caption=Mk I coast defence gun, [[Hong Kong Museum of Coastal Defence]] |origin= [[United Kingdom]]
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  • |image=[[File:HMS Vanguard aft guns USNHC NH 52619.jpg|300px]] |caption=Aft Mk XI guns of [[HMS Vanguard (1909)|HMS ''Vanguard'']]
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  • |type=Naval gun ...45° elevation, which was possible for siege mountings on land but not for naval mounts</ref>
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  • |image=[[Image:HMS Conqueror Forecastle Guns Clipped300px.jpg|300px]] |origin= [[United Kingdom]]
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  • ...tion=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'']] |type=Naval gun
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  • |caption=Forward turret of [[HMS Hood (1891)|HMS ''Hood'']] |origin= [[United Kingdom]]
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  • [[Image:British 14in Naval Gun 1930s Model.png|400px|thumb|right|A BL 14in/45]] [[Image:British 14in Naval Gun Breech Detail.png|thumb|right|Breech detail]]
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  • |caption=An animation representing the loading cycle of the Mark I turret for the BL 15 inch Mark I. |type= naval gun
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  • |origin= [[United Kingdom]] |type= [[Naval gun]]
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  • |caption=Guns of HMS Rodney at maximum elevation, 1940 |type= naval gun
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  • | caption = On the [[monitor (warship)|monitor]] {{HMS|General Wolfe|1915}} | origin = [[United Kingdom]]
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  • |name= BL 4.7 inch (120 mm) 45 calibre naval gun |type= [[Naval gun]]
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  • |type= [[Naval gun]] |used_by={{navy|UK|size=30px}}<br>{{flagicon|Canada|naval-1921|size=30px}} [[Royal Canadian Navy]]<br>
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  • |image=[[Image:BL 4 inch naval gun 1890sClipped.jpg|300px]] |origin= [[United Kingdom]]
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  • ...icon|United Kingdom}} [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|United Kingdom]] |type= [[Naval gun]]
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  • |type= [[Naval gun]] ...bres]])<ref name=Handbook1913>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 |type= [[naval gun]]
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  • |caption=Mk I coast defence gun outside entrance to the [[Hong Kong Museum of Coastal Defence]] |type= [[Naval gun]]<br>Coast defence gun<br>Field gun
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  • |origin= [[United Kingdom]] |type= [[Naval gun]]<br>Coast defence gun
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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 fie
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  • ...asemate gun on [[HMS Warspite (1913)|HMS ''Warspite'']] after the [[Battle of Jutland]] |type=Naval gun
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  • |type=Naval gun<br>Coast defence gun ...@ 22.5° elevation as coast defence gun, quoted by Spethman, 2008. Guns in naval use had lower elevation and hence shorter range.</ref>
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  • |origin= [[United Kingdom]] |type= [[Naval gun]]
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  • ...IV gun on [[disappearing gun|disappearing carriage]] at [[Hong Kong Museum of Coastal Defence|Lei Yue Mun Fort]], Hong Kong ...icon|United Kingdom}} [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|United Kingdom]]
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  • |image=[[File:BL 7.5 inch Mk V guns for HMS Shannon Vickers Works LOC ggbain 19618.jpg|300px]] ...n=Turrets for [[HMS Shannon (1906)|HMS ''Shannon'']] under construction at the Vickers Works, Barrow
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  • |origin= [[United Kingdom]] |type= [[Naval gun]]
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  • ...=''Hawkins'' class cruisers were the only ships mounting BL 7.5 inch Mk VI guns. ...icon|United Kingdom}} [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|United Kingdom]]
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  • |origin= [[United Kingdom]] |type= [[Naval gun]]<br>Coast defence gun
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  • |caption=Mk VIII guns in X and Y Mk I turrets aboard {{HMS|Kent|54|6}} |origin= [[United Kingdom]]
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  • |image=[[File:HMS Defence Stern 9.2 inch guns trained to port.jpg]] |caption=Aft guns of [[HMS Defence (1907)|HMS ''Defence'']] trained to port
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  • ...mpany|Elswick]] in 1901, on [[Rottnest Island]], Western Australia. It has the distinctive box-shaped gunhouse widely used with it in [[World War II]] |origin= [[United Kingdom]]
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  • |origin= [[United Kingdom]] |type= [[Naval gun]]<br>Coast defence gun
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  • |origin= [[United Kingdom]] |type= [[Naval gun]]
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  • ...r (turned sideways). It operates the trapeze seen above the sights, moving the sights to adjust for lead. ...llies]] as well as various other forces. It is often referred to simply as the '''''Bofors gun'''''.
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  • |origin= [[United Kingdom]] |part_length=bore of {{convert|75|in|m}}<ref name=Hogg&Thurston1972Page27/>
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  • |name=EOC 10 inch 45-calibre naval gun |type=Naval gun
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  • |name=EOC 12 inch 45-calibre naval gun<br>12"/45 41st Year Type |type=Naval gun
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  • |name=Elswick 14 inch 45-calibre naval gun |type=Naval gun
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  • The '''Somerset cannon''' was a design originating within the [[Admiralty]], and manufactured by [[Armstrong Whitworth|Armstrong's]]. ...ge of 33 pounds of gunpowder, a steel shot would penetrate 5.5&nbsp;inches of armour at 800 yards.
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  • | weight = 6,372&nbsp;kg with 1,190&nbsp;rds of ammunition (above deck), 9,902&nbsp;kg (total). ...football/soccer position]]. The system is made by Thales Navy Netherlands. The system can also be deployed to protect [[airport|airfield]]s.
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  • ...urately measure target aircraft speed and direction.<ref>Weapon Control in the Royal Navy 1935-45, Pout </ref> ==The Gyro Rate Unit==
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  • :''This article is about the .50 caliber M2 machine gun. For the .30-06 M2 machine gun, see [[M1919 Browning machine gun]].'' |origin= {{flag|United States}}
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  • |weight=480 kg (without ammunition, including 387 kg of ballast) ..., and widely produced by [[Oerlikon Contraves]] and others. Various models of Oerlikon cannon were used during [[World War II]], and they are still in us
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  • ...tank and anti-tank gun|the anti-aircraft "pom-pom" autocannon|QF 2 pounder naval gun}} <!--SCROLL DOWN IN ORDER TO EDIT THE ARTICLE-->
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  • |type=[[Naval gun]], [[Anti-aircraft gun]] ...as large, but it initially fired the same [[Lyddite]] and Steel shells as the Hotchkiss.<ref>Treatise on ammunition 10th Edition 1915. War Office, UK. Pa
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  • ...move the mount to match the pointers rather than having to try and aim at the target aircraft. ==The Pom-Pom Director Mark I - III==
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  • |origin= [[United Kingdom]] |type= [[Naval gun]]<br>Coast defence gun
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  • |image=[[File:QF 12 pdr 18 cwt guns for HMS Shannon Vickers Works LOC ggbain 19618.jpg|300px]] ...]] turret for [[HMS Shannon (1906)|HMS ''Shannon'']] under construction at the Vickers works, Barrow
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  • ...ground.<br>Photo courtesy of the '''[http://www.cerberus.com.au Friends of the Cerberus]''' |type= [[Naval gun]]
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  • |caption= Mk II dated 1903 at the Imperial War Museum, London |origin= {{flag|United Kingdom}}
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  • {{about|the anti-aircraft autocannon|the World War II anti-tank gun|Ordnance QF 2 pounder}} |caption= The quadruple 2 pdr mounting (Mk.VII) of [[HMS Kelvin (F37)|HMS ''Kelvin'']]
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  • |caption= 3.7 inch Anti-Aircraft Gun on display at the [[United States Army Ordnance Museum|U.S. Army Ordnance Museum]] in [[Aberdeen, Mary |used_by=UK and [[Commonwealth of Nations|Commonwealth]]
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  • |caption=Egyptian gun captured by Israel in the 1956 war. ...&nbsp;inches, the term "3 inch" was only ever used to identify this gun in the World War I era, and hence this is what writers are usually referring to by
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  • |type=Naval gun<br>Coast-defence gun<br>Anti-aircraft gun ...odel. Quoted in [http://www.gwpda.org/naval/brassey/b1901o08.htm Brassey's Naval Annual 1901]</ref>
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  • ...For the current unrelated 55-calibre Royal Navy gun, see [[4.5 inch Mark 8 naval gun]], manufactured by [[BAE Systems]]. ...tish nominally 4.5&nbsp;inch naval guns, the QF Mk I has an actual calibre of 4.45&nbsp;inches (113&nbsp;mm)<ref>Jane's Ammunition Handbook, 1999-2000 Ed
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  • |caption=Typical naval deck mounting, 1890s ...icon|United Kingdom}} [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|United Kingdom]]
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  • |type=Naval gun<br>Coast defence gun |part_length={{convert|212.6|in|m}} (45 [[Caliber#Caliber as measurement of length|cal]])<ref Name=Hogg&Thurston1972Page108 />
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  • |image=[[File:QF 4 inch Mk V naval gun WWII AWM P00444.155.jpeg]] |type= [[Naval gun]]<br>Heavy [[anti-aircraft gun]]<br>[[Coastal artillery|Coastal defence
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  • |type= [[Naval gun]]<br>Heavy anti-aircraft gun ....F. MARK XVI* GUNS ON THE H.A. TWIN MARK XIX MOUNTING. |publisher=Historic Naval Ship Association|accessdate=2008-08-25}}</ref>
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  • |caption=Mk IV gun from [[HMS Lance (1914)|HMS ''Lance'']] at the Imperial War Museum, London |origin= [[United Kingdom]]
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  • ...icon|United Kingdom}} [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|United Kingdom]] |type= [[Naval artillery|Naval gun]]<br>[[Coastal artillery|Coast defence gun]]
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  • | image = [[Image:HMS Sirius guns.jpg|300px]] ...h ={{convert|262.5|in|m}} bore (50 [[Caliber#Caliber as measurement of length|cal]])
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  • |name= QF 6 inch 40 calibre naval gun<br>''Type 41 6-inch (152 mm)/40-caliber'' ...cases for [[cordite]] propellant were much shorter. A shell stands next to the cartridge.
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  • {{otheruses4|the 1880s Hotchkiss gun|the World War II anti-tank and Molins Class M gun|Ordnance QF 6 pounder}} ...flagicon|Russia}} [[Russian Empire|Russia]]<br>{{flagicon|Japan}} [[Empire of Japan|Japan]]
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  • ...as measurement of length|calibres]] version at Gyltö, western archipelago of Finland, 1999. Photo by Ove Enqvist |manufacturer=Nordenfelt Guns and Ammunition Company<br>[[Maxim Nordenfelt Guns and Ammunition Company|Maxim-Nordenfelt]]
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  • |origin={{flagcountry|United Kingdom}} |type=Naval gun<br>[[Field gun]]
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  • |origin= [[United Kingdom]] |type= [[Naval gun]]<br>Fortification gun
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  • |origin= [[United Kingdom]] |type= [[Naval gun]]<br>Coast Defence gun
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  • |caption=On broadside ironclad [[HMS Sultan (1870)|HMS ''Sultan'']] in the 1890s |origin= [[United Kingdom]]
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  • |type= [[Naval gun]]<br>Coast defence gun |wars=[[Bombardment of Alexandria (1882)]]
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  • |origin= [[United Kingdom]] |type= [[Naval gun]]<br>Coast defence gun
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  • ...urret on [[HMS Hotspur (1870)|HMS ''Hotspur'']]. A shell is suspended near the muzzle ready for loading |type= [[Naval gun]]<br>Coast defence gun
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  • |type= [[Naval gun]] ...ber=15<ref name="Service Ordnance 1879, page 284">Treatise on Construction of Service Ordnance, 1879, page 284</ref>
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  • |origin= [[United Kingdom]] |type= [[Naval gun]]
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  • |type=[[Naval gun]]<br>Fortification gun ...4 gunpowder is quoted for Mk III steel tube gun in Table XII in "Text Book of Gunnery 1902".</ref>
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