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The RML 10-inch guns Mk I – Mk II were large rifled muzzle-loading guns designed for British battleships and monitors in the 1860s to 1880s. They were also fitted to the Bouncer [4] and Ant-class flat-iron gunboats. They were also used for fixed coastal defences around the United Kingdom and around the British Empire until the early years of ...
Armstrong's system was adopted in 1858, initially for "special service in the field" and initially he only produced smaller artillery pieces, 6-pounder (2.5 in/64 mm) mountain or light field guns, 9-pounder (3 in/76 mm) guns for horse artillery, and 12-pounder (3 inches /76 mm) field guns.
The EOC 10 inch 40 caliber guns were a family of related guns designed by the Elswick Ordnance Company and produced by Armstrong Whitworth in the 1890s for export customers. EOC 10 inch 40 caliber guns were the primary armament of armored cruisers , ironclads and pre-dreadnought battleships built or refit during the 1890s.
RBL 7 inch Armstrong gun United Kingdom: 1860s 178 mm (7.0 in) RML 7 inch gun United Kingdom: 1860s - 1890s 180 mm (7.1 in) Gonzalez Hontoria de 18 cm mod 1879 Spain: 1879 – 1900s 180 mm (7.1 in) Gonzalez Hontoria de 18 cm mod 1883 Spain: 1883 – 1910s 180 mm (7.1 in) 180mm Pattern 1931-1933 Soviet Union: World War II 190 mm (7.5 in)
The British 10-inch calibre originated with the Committee on Ordnance in 1879 when it ordered a new 10.4-inch gun together with the new 9.2-inch [4] as part of its transition from muzzle-loading to breech-loading guns. The proposed 10.4-inch gun eventually went into service in 1885 as a 10-inch gun firing a 500-pound projectile. After Mk IV of ...
A rifled muzzle loader in the forecastle of HMS Gannet (1878). A rifled muzzle loader (RML) is a type of large artillery piece invented in the mid-19th century. In contrast to smooth bore cannon which preceded it, the rifling of the gun barrel allowed much greater accuracy and penetration as the spin induced to the shell gave it directional stability.
The reference that says it had guns "made in Newcastle", shows that these refer to the RML 9-inch Armstrong Gun. [16] Four smaller ironclads and 10 monitors would also get twin 9-inch Armstrong guns in a single tower. 14 gunboats of the Ever class would get single 9-inch Armstrong guns.
The Armstrong Pattern Q was the first wire wound 8 inch EOC gun. I was constructed of an inner A tube, wire wound for 10.5 ft (3.2 m), with a jacket shrunk over the wire. It had a single-motion breech mechanism of cylindrical-conical style with five threaded and five smooth sectors. [1]