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  • BL 6 inch Mk XII naval gun
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  • The BL 6 inch Gun Mark XII was a British 45 calibres naval gun which was mounted as primary armament on light cruisers and secondary armament on dreadnought battleships commissioned in the period 1914 - 1926, and remained in service on many warships until the end of World War II.
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Number
  • 463
breech
is explosive
  • yes
part length
  • bore
Service
  • 1914
Name
  • BL 6 inch gun Mk XII
is artillery
  • yes
Type
  • Naval gun
Caption
  • Starboard forward casemate gun on HMS Warspite after the Battle of Jutland
Cartridge
  • Lyddite, Armour-piercing, Shrapnel
Wars
Weight
  • barrel & breech
Manufacturer
is UK
  • yes
Used by
is ranged
  • yes
Recoil
  • Hydro-spring,
design date
  • 1913
Elevation
  • -7
Designer
abstract
  • The BL 6 inch Gun Mark XII was a British 45 calibres naval gun which was mounted as primary armament on light cruisers and secondary armament on dreadnought battleships commissioned in the period 1914 - 1926, and remained in service on many warships until the end of World War II.