4.5-inch Mark 8 naval gun
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The 4.5 inch Mark 8 is a British naval gun system which currently equips the Royal Navy's destroyers and frigates, and some British destroyers and frigates sold to other countries.
4.5-inch Mk 8 Mod 1 naval gun on HMS Defender. The multi-faceted gunhouse is designed to reduce radar cross section.
Spent shells from HMS Cardiff's Mod 0 gun during the Falklands War. The top of her worn Sea Dart launcher can also be seen in the bottom right corner.
The ladder to Cardiff's Mod 0 gun can be seen here, damaged by a freak wave.
HMS Sutherland's Mod 0 gun
Type 45 destroyer
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The Type 45 destroyer, also known as the D or Daring class, is a class of six guided-missile destroyers built for the United Kingdom's Royal Navy in the early 21st century. The class is primarily desi
4.5-inch Mark 8 naval gun
…of Misrata, Libya, while Liverpool used its Mk 8 gun to destroy a shore battery that had fired missiles at her. Although the Mk 8 was fitted to the Type 45 destroyer, on the Type 26 frigate it will be supplanted by the BAE 5-inch Mk 45 naval gun. Royal Navy Type 45 destroyer Type 23 frigate…
HMS Daring departing Portsmouth Naval Base, 1 March 2010
Construction of blocks of Dauntless at Portsmouth
HMS Defender in 2012
The operations room aboard HMS Daring