BL 9.2-inch Mk VIII naval gun

Ordnance BL 9.2-inch Mk VIII gun

Type	Naval gun
Place of origin	United Kingdom
Service history
In service	1897–1918
Used by	Royal Navy
Production history
No. built	6
Specifications
Mass	25 tons barrel & breech^[1]
Barrel length	368.7 inches (9,360 mm) (40.08 calibres)^[1]

Shell	380 pounds (170 kg)^[1]
Calibre	9.2-inch (233.7 mm)
Muzzle velocity	2,347 feet per second (715 m/s)^[2]
Maximum firing range	12,400 yards (11,300 m)^[1]

The BL 9.2-inch Mk VIII naval gun^[3] was designed for the new cordite propellants and was the first British wire-wound gun of this calibre.

Naval service[edit]

The guns were mounted on the Powerful-class cruisers from 1897 until their decommissioning. After they were decommissioned some of the guns were used in coast defence in the UK, and from 1916 on one was mounted on the monitor HMS Marshal Ney.

Notes[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Text Book of Gunnery 1902, Table XII Page 336
^ 380 lb shell, with 63 lb cordite propellant size 40. Text Book of Gunnery 1902, Table XII page 336; Treatise on Ammunition 1915.
^ Mk VIII = Mark 8. Britain used Roman numerals to denote Marks (models) of ordnance until after World War II. Mark VIII indicates this was the eighth model of BL 9.2-inch naval gun.

References[edit]

Text Book of Gunnery Archived 12 July 2012 at archive.today, 1902. London: Printed for His Majesty's Stationery Office, by Harrison and Sons, St. Martin's Lane
Tony DiGiulian, British 9.2"/40 (23.4 cm) Mark VIII

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Mines	Spherical Mk I, II and III Vickers Elia mine Type H mine
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