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HMS Incomparable was the name given by Admiral John "Jackie" Fisher to a proposal for a very large battlecruiser which was suggested in 1915. The design was intended to mount 20-inch guns, which would have been the largest ever mounted on a warship.
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
The same American naval mission that visited Mr. Baird's factory, also visited the Obukhov State Plant, referred to as Alexandrovsky steel works. [18] It noted that for the production of an 11-inch gun, a 30-ton ingot with a diameter of 45 inches was required. The factory used a 50-ton steam hammer to forge the gun. [19]
The Armstrong Breech Loading 20-pounder gun, later known as RBL 20-pounder, was an early modern 3.75-inch rifled breech-loading light gun of 1859. History [ edit ]
8 cm/40 3rd Year Type naval gun - Anti-aircraft gun used on many Japanese ships built between 1910 and 1930. Type 41 3-inch (7.62 cm)/40-caliber naval gun Type 96 25 mm AT/AA Gun - gun used on almost all Japanese warships of World War II.
In January 1867 the Prussian Navy ordered Krupp to design a 9 inch (96-pdr) gun barrel. [13] This was the 24 cm K L/20, which had a caliber of 235.4 mm. From this measurement we know that Krupp designed a gun with a caliber of 9 Prussian inch or Zöll, which explains why Krupp and others liked to refer to the 9 inch gun. When the Prussian Navy ...
The typical installation was ten 20 cm/50 guns; although Tone-class cruisers carried eight while Furutaka and Aoba-class cruisers carried six. After modernization, Akagi and Kaga carried only six, divided in three casemates per side, after the removal (during the 1935 reconstruction) of the four guns in two turrets on both ships placed on the ...
Pages in category "EOC naval guns" The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total. ... RBL 7-inch Armstrong gun; RBL 20-pounder Armstrong gun;