BL 10 inch gun Mk I - IV

Infobox Weapon
name= Ordnance BL 10 inch gun Mk I - IV


caption=Mk I coast defence gun, Hong Kong Museum of Coastal Defence
origin= United Kingdom
type= Naval gun
Coast defence gun
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service=1885 - 19??
used_by=Royal Navy
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variants=Mk I, II, III, IV
weight=Mk I : 32 tons barrel & breech
Mks II - IV : 29 tonsText Book of Gunnery 1902, Table XII Page 336]
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part_length=Mk I : convert|317.5|in|mm|sigfig=4 (31.75 calibres)
Mks II - IV : convert|320|in|mm|sigfig=4 (32 calibres)
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cartridge= convert|500|lb|kg|sigfig=4
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velocity=convert|2040|ft/s|m/s|sigfig=3 [500 lb projectile, with 252 lb brown prism powder (gunpowder) or 76 lb cordite propellant size 30. Text Book of Gunnery 1902]
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traverse=The BL 10 inch guns Mks I, II, III, IV were British 32-calibres naval and coast defence guns in service from 1885.

History

The British 10 inch calibre originated with the Committee on Ordnance in 1879 when it ordered a new 10.4 inch gun together with the new 9.2 inch [Hogg & Thurston 1972, page 176] as part of its transition from muzzle-loading to breech-loading guns. The proposed 10.4 inch gun eventually went into service in 1885 as a 10-inch gun firing a 500-pound projectile.

After Mk IV of 1889 the 10-inch calibre was discontinued in favour of 9.2-inch and 12-inch.

Naval service

Guns equipped the following ships :
*"Victoria" class battleships laid down 1885
*"Centurion" class battleships laid down 1890
*"Devastation" class battleships as re-gunned in 1890

Coast defence gun

ee also

*List of artillery#Naval guns

Notes

References

* [http://cgsc.cdmhost.com/u?/p4013coll11,230 Text Book of Gunnery, 1902. LONDON : PRINTED FOR HIS MAJESTY'S STATIONERY OFFICE, BY HARRISON AND SONS, ST. MARTIN'S LANE]
*I.V.Hogg & L.F. Thurston, British Artillery Weapons & Ammunition 1914-1918. London: Ian Allan, 1972.
* Tony DiGiulian, [http://navweaps.com/Weapons/WNBR_10-32_mk1-4.htm British 10"/32 (25.4 cm) Marks I, II, III and IV]

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