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It was the largest and heaviest gun ever used by the British. [1] Only the Second-World-War Japanese 46 cm/45 Type 94 had a larger calibre, 18.1 inches (46 cm), but it fired a lighter shell. The gun was a scaled-up version of the BL 15 inch Mk I naval gun and was developed to equip the "large light cruiser" (a form of battlecruiser) Furious ...
The 18-pounder long gun was an intermediary calibre piece of naval artillery mounted on warships of the Age of Sail. They were used as main guns on the most typical frigates of the early 19th century, on the second deck of third-rate ships of the line , and even on the third deck of late first-rate ships of the line.
BL 16.25-inch Mk I naval gun; BL 18-inch Mk I naval gun; Bofors 40 Mk4; ... Gas-checks in British RML heavy guns; Gyro rate unit; H. Hazemeyer gun mount; M. ML 8-inch ...
BL 14 inch gun Mk II; BL 15-inch Mk I naval gun; BL 18-inch Mk I naval gun; G. Template:GreatWarBritishNavalWeapons; Q. QF 3-inch 20 cwt; QF 3-pounder Hotchkiss;
BL 6 inch Mk XII naval gun 45-caliber United Kingdom: World War I - World War II 152.4 mm (6.00 in) BL 6 inch naval guns Mk XIII – XVIII United Kingdom: World War I - World War II 152.4 mm (6.00 in) BL 6 inch Mk XXII naval gun 50-caliber United Kingdom: 1920s - World War II 152.4 mm (6.00 in) BL 6 inch Mk XXIII naval gun 50-caliber
BL 4.7-inch Mk I and Mk II [18] QF 4.7-inch Mk IX & XII naval gun [19] QF 4.7-inch Mk XI naval gun [20] [page needed] US naval artillery obtained by Lend-Lease and destroyers for bases agreement 3-inch/50-calibre gun [21] 4-inch/50-calibre gun [22] QF 4 inch Mk XII gun on a T-class submarine
BL 4-inch Mk IX naval gun; BL 4.7-inch 45-calibre naval gun; BL 5.5-inch Mk I naval gun; BL 6-inch Mk XII naval gun; BL 6-inch Mk XXII naval gun; BL 6-inch Mk XXIII naval gun; BL 7.5-inch Mk VI naval gun; BL 8-inch Mk VIII naval gun; BL 14-inch Mk VII naval gun; BL 15-inch Mk I naval gun; BL 16-inch Mk I naval gun; Bofors 40 mm L/60 gun ...
The 18"/48 caliber Mark 1 – United States Naval Gun was the initial name and design for a large caliber naval gun in the early 1920s. After the Washington Naval Treaty prohibited the development of guns larger than 16 in (406 mm), the gun was relined and finished as a high velocity 16"/56 Mark 4 gun.