BL 7.5-inch Mk I naval gun

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Ordnance BL 7.5-inch gun Mk I
HMS Antrim Starboard 7.5-inch wing gun.jpg
Starboard wing gun on HMS Antrim
Type Naval gun
Place of originUnited Kingdom
Service history
In service1905–1922
Used by Royal Navy
Wars World War I
Production history
Designer Vickers
Designedcirca. 1901
ManufacturerVickers
Produced1905
No. built33
Specifications
Mass13.7 long tons (13.9 t)
Barrel  length28 feet (8.534 m) bore (45 calibres)

Shell 200 pounds (90.7 kg)
Calibre 7.5 inches (191 mm)
Breech Welin breech block
Elevation -5° to +15°
Rate of fire 4-5 rpm
Muzzle velocity 2,700 ft/s (820 m/s) [1]
Effective firing range7.9 mi (12.7 km) at 15° [2]

The BL 7.5-inch gun Mk I was a British 45-calibre, medium-velocity, naval gun which entered service with the Royal Navy in 1905.

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History

This gun was only mounted on Devonshire class cruisers commissioned in 1905, and was quickly superseded by the 50-calibre 7.5-inch Mk II gun.

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Notes

  1. 2700 ft/sec firing a 200-pound projectile: Brasseys Naval Annual 1902 using 61 lb cordite MD size 26 propellant : Treatise on Ammunition 1915
  2. Friedman, Norman (1 January 2011). Naval weapons of World War One. Seaforth. ISBN   978-1-84832-100-7. OCLC   786178793.

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