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• BL 6 inch gun Mk II – VI
  *[[Conqueror class battleship|''Conqueror'' class ironclad turret ships]] completed 1886 - 1888 : Mk II From 1895 many ships' guns were converted to [[British ordnance terms#QF|QF]] to use the same br
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• BL 7.5 inch Mk II – V naval gun
  ...condary armament as a heavier alternative to 6-inch guns, on the following ships : ....V. and Thurston, L.F. (1972). British Artillery Weapons & Ammunition 1914-1918. Ian Allan, London.
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• BL 9.2 inch gun Mk IX – X
  ...dom in [[World War I]]. 3 Mk IX and 53 Mk X guns were in place as at April 1918<ref>Farndale 1988, page 404</ref>. ....V. and Thurston, L.F. (1972). British Artillery Weapons & Ammunition 1914-1918. Ian Allan, London. ISBN 7110 0381 5
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• BL 9.2 inch gun Mk I – VII
  |service=1881 - 1918 ...res]] versions, Mk III through to Mk VII became the first to be mounted on ships and deployed in general service.
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• Breda Model 35
  ...ntry|Finland}}<ref>[http://www.jaegerplatoon.net/AA_GUNS1.htm FINNISH ARMY 1918 - 1945: ANTIAIRCRAFT GUNS PART 1<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><br>{{fl ...(ship)|deck]]-mounted anti-aircraft weapon in at least some of the [[MAS (ships)|MAS torpedo boat]]s. The naval mounting had an elevation of -10 to +90 deg
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• EOC 14 inch /45 naval gun
  ...ong Whitworth#Elswick Ordnance Company|Elswick Ordnance Company]] to equip ships they built and/or armed for several countries before [[World War I]]. *I.V. Hogg & L.F. Thurston, British Artillery Weapons & Ammunition 1914-1918. London: Ian Allan, 1972.
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• M2 Browning machine gun
  |design_date= 1918<ref>[http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ground/m2-50cal.htm M2 * As an [[anti-aircraft]] (AA) gun in some ships; up to six M2 guns could be mounted on the same turret.
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• Ordnance QF 3 pounder Vickers
  |caption=On a Royal Navy monitor circa. 1918 ...arger ships. During the interwar years they were widely used to arm light ships and river craft. A number of them were converted into anti-aircraft guns a
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• QF 12 pounder 12 cwt naval gun
  ...had a "monobloc" barrel made of a single casting, served on smaller escort ships such as destroyers and on [[armed merchant ship]]s, on dual-purpose high-lo ...otal 383 of all types) employed in coast defence around the UK as at April 1918.<ref>Farndale 1988, Page 404</ref> Many of these were still in service in W
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• QF 2 pounder naval gun
  ...guarding a train against air attack, [[Mesopotamia Campaign|Mesopotamia]], 1918</center>]] ...t was ordered in 1915 by the [[Royal Navy]] as an anti-aircraft weapon for ships of cruiser size and below. The original models fired from hand-loaded fabri
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• QF 3 inch 20 cwt
  ...umb|left|<center>On [[HMAS Australia (1911)|HMAS ''Australia'']], December 1918</center>]] ...typically the Peerless 4 Ton. In addition, many were mounted on Royal Navy ships.
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• QF 4.7 inch Mk V naval gun
  ...Japan, and mounted them as anti-submarine guns on merchant ships and troop ships, under the designation Mark V*. ...e guns were again used in [[World War II]] to arm merchant ships and troop ships.
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• QF 4 inch Mk V naval gun
  ...h-angle anti-aircraft role, and was typically used on cruisers and heavier ships. ....e. anti-aircraft) gun on new warships in the 1930s, but it served on many ships such as [[destroyer]]s and [[light cruiser]]s in [[World War II]].<ref>Tony
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• QF 4 inch naval gun Mk IV, XII, XXII
  ...[[R class destroyer (1916)|R class destroyer]] HMS ''Satyr'' circa. 1917 - 1918</center>]] It was used to arm merchant ships in [[World War II]].
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• QF 4 inch naval gun Mk I – III
  |service=1896 - 1920<ref>Remaining ships were all scrapped or decommissioned following WWI, by 1921 at latest</ref> It was mounted on the following ships :
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• RML 9 inch 12 ton gun
  ...and hence enabled it to penetrate the lightly-armoured decks of attacking ships rather than their heavily-armoured sides. To increase accuracy the old barr *I.V. Hogg & L.F. Thurston, British Artillery Weapons & Ammunition 1914-1918. London: Ian Allan, 1972.
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• Ship gun fire-control systems
  ...ore targets, with or without the aid of radar or optical sighting. Most US ships destroyers or larger (but not destroyer escorts or escort carriers) employe ...ions. An officer on the flagship would signal target information to other ships in the formation.
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• Edward Giles Stone
  ...7 p6]</ref> reports a proposal of Stone's to construct a fleet of concrete ships. The paper reported "Mr. E. G. Stone, of Messrs. Stone and Siddeley, engine *'''1917''' '''Concrete Ships Proposal'''. Proposal put to the Prime Minister during World War 1.<ref nam
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• Asbestos
  ...rchive]]</ref> Thousands of tons of asbestos were used in [[World War II]] ships to wrap the pipes, line the boilers, and cover engine and turbine parts. Th ...er studies that strengthened the association. One such study, published in 1918, noted:
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