BL 18-inch Mk I naval gun
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The BL 18-inch Mk I naval gun was a breech-loading naval rifle used by the Royal Navy during World War I. It was the largest and heaviest gun ever used by the British. Only the Second-World-War Japane
An 18-inch gun fitted to HMS Furious (47) in a single-gun turret (1917)
A view of the stern of Lord Clive, showing her 18-inch gun in its fixed mounting (November 1918)
Furious, fitted with a single, aft 18 inch gun and a forward flight deck (1917)
On board Lord Clive; her BL 18 inch gun is at its full elevation, November 1918
Lord Clive-class monitor
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The Lord Clive-class monitor, sometimes referred to as the General Wolfe class, were ships designed for shore bombardment and were constructed for the Royal Navy during the First World War.
BL 18-inch Mk I naval gun
…its muzzle velocity. Only three guns were built, but they did not see combat with Furious before they were removed from her and transferred to the Lord Clive-class monitors General Wolfe and Lord Clive for coast-bombardment duties. Only 85 rounds were fired in combat operations before the war ended. All three were…
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