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Ship
Aircraft Model
Unit
Gun Model
Turret Model
Torpedo Model
Rocket Launcher Model
Sensor
Anti Submarine Mounting
Date Time
Country
Activity
Person
Posting
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Ship Production Batch
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Place
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Similar Sized
Gun Model
BR 8in BL Mk VIII
Gun Model Type
Heavy Cruiser
Gun Models
Developed By
Design
In Service
Barrels Used
Great Britain
1923 Jan 01
1927 Jan 01
116
Gun Models
Bore
Bore
Calibre
Barrel Length
Barrel Weight
Working Pressure
Barrel Life EFC
8in
0.203m
50
10.16m
17ton
344.877MPa
550
Gun Models
Shell
Mass
Muzzle
Velocity
Rate Of Fire
Per Minute
Kg/s
Max Range
116kg
855m/s ##
4
7.733
28 030m
Gun Models
Usual Rounds Per Gun
Max Firing Time
Minute
150
37.5
Gun Models
Barrel Recoil
Velocity
Barrel To Shell Weight
Ratio
Average Shell
Acceleration
Max Pressure Shell
Acceleration
Kinetic Energy
Joule
5.675m/s
150.655
35.975km/s2
96.415km/s2
42.399M
Turret Models
1)
Mounted In
Turret Model
2) 1:
Depicted In
Image
3) 1:
Gun Armament
4) 3:
As Built Of
Ship Class
5) 4:
Primary
Image
6) 4:
First Laid Down
YMD
7) 3:
Rounds Per Gun
BR 8in Mk I Twin
HMS Kent Gun 4 X BR 8in Mk I Twin
HMS Kent
1924 Jul 30
150
HMS London Gun 4 X BR 8in Mk I Twin
HMS London
1927 Feb 23
150
HMS Norfolk Gun 4 X BR 8in Mk I Twin
HMS Norfolk
1927 Jul 08
150
BR 8in Mk II* Twin
HMS Exeter Gun 3 X BR 8in Mk II* Twin
HMS Exeter
1928 Aug 01
172
BR 8in Mk II Twin
HMS York Gun 3 X BR 8in Mk II Twin
HMS York
1927 May 27
172
Used In
Activity
1939 Aug 20 German Cruise Graf Spee South Atlantic Indian Ocean
1939 12 13 0100 Surface Action Sinking Of Graf Spee River Plate
1940 11 11 0100 Air Strike Attack On Taranto Taranto
1940 11 27 0100 Surface Action Battle Of Cape Spartivento, Sardinia
1941 May 19 German Cruise Rheinubung Bismarck Breakout North Atlantic
1941 05 24 0800 Surface Action Bismarck And Hood Iceland Europe
1941 05 27 0947 Battle Sinking Of Bismarck Mid North Atlantic
1942 02 27 0100 Surface Action Battle Of Java Sea
1942 03 01 0900 Surface Action Loss Of Exeter Java Sea
1942 05 07 0100 Battle Of The Coral Sea
Directive: 1942 Jul 02 United States Directive Seizure Of New Britain, New Ireland, New Guinea
1942 Aug 07 United States Landing Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands Tulagi, Solomon Islands
1942 08 09 0100 Surface Action First Battle Of Savo Island, Solomon Islands
1943 12 26 0100 Surface Action Sinking Of The Scharnhorst North Cape, North Atlantic
Used In
Ship
HMS Suffolk
HMS Berwick
HMS Cornwall
HMS Cumberland
HMS Kent
HMAS Australia
HMAS Canberra
HMS London
HMS Devonshire
HMS Sussex
HMAS HMS Shropshire
HMS York
HMS Norfolk
HMS Dorsetshire
HMS Exeter
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