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The Royal Navy did not adopt the gun, but several were adopted by the army as coast defence guns around the United Kingdom from 1900 onwards. [1] In World War I the UK acquired 620 [3] of a version manufactured in Japan, and mounted them as anti-submarine guns on merchant ships and troop ships, under the designation Mark V*.
QF 4.7 inch Mk V naval gun Japanese-built gun, armed British merchant ships in World War I & World War II; BL 4.7 inch /45 naval gun British naval gun used 1918 to 1945 [1] QF 4.7 inch Mk VIII naval gun British anti-aircraft gun on Nelson class battleships in World War II; 4.7 inch QF Mark IX & XII British naval guns deployed on destroyers in ...
The QF 4.7-inch gun Mks I, II, III, and IV [note 4] were a family of British quick-firing 4.724-inch (120 mm) naval and coast defence guns of the late 1880s and 1890s that served with the navies of various countries.
The list of naval weapon systems aims to provide reference about weapons mounted on surface combatant warships, and smaller craft and submarines found throughout the history of naval warfare. The list is sorted alpha-numerically by system service designation (i.e. Mk 15), or issue name if designation is unknown: NB: As this is an English ...
BL 7.5 inch Mk I naval gun 45-caliber United Kingdom: World War I 190.5 mm (7.50 in) BL 7.5 inch Mk II - V naval gun various 50-caliber guns United Kingdom: World War I 190.5 mm (7.50 in) BL 7.5 inch Mk VI naval gun 45-caliber United Kingdom: 1920s - World War II 190.5 mm (7.50 in) Cannone da 190/45 United Kingdom Italy
It was typically used on cruisers and heavier ships, although V and W-class destroyers of 1917 also mounted the gun. Mk V was superseded by the QF 4 inch Mk XVI as the HA (i.e. anti-aircraft) gun on new warships in the 1930s, but it continued to serve on many ships such as destroyers, light and heavy cruisers in World War II. [4]
Mk II was a monobloc-barrel (i.e. single-piece, typical of small to medium World War II guns) gun of similar performance introduced in World War II to replace the worn-out Mk I guns on surviving ships. These were the only BL-type 4.7-inch guns in British service; all others have been of the QF-type.
Pages in category "EOC naval guns" The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total. ... QF 4.7-inch Mk V naval gun; QF 4.7-inch Mk I–IV naval gun;