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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
Enterprise
Ship Production Batch
Treaty
Tension
Decoration
Place
Document
ref:Flix000001 2008 47 023
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Similar Sized
Gun Model
BR 5.25in 50cal QF Mk I
Gun Model Type
Light Cruiser
Documents
1)
Covered By
Document
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3) 2:
Page
Number
Naval Weapons Of World War Two
N
44
Gun Models
Developed By
Design
Designed By
In Service
Barrels Used
Great Britain
1935 Jan 01
Elswick Ordnance Company
1940 Jan 01
278
Gun Models
Bore
Bore
Calibre
Barrel Length
Barrel Weight
Working Pressure
Barrel Life EFC
5.25in
0.133m
50
6.668m
4ton
344.877MPa
750
Gun Models
Shell
Mass
Muzzle
Velocity
Rate Of Fire
Per Minute
Kg/s
Max Range
Max Height
36.287kg
792m/s
8
4.838
21 397m
14 170m
Gun Models
Usual Rounds Per Gun
Max Firing Time
Minute
400
50
Gun Models
Barrel Recoil
Velocity
Barrel To Shell Weight
Ratio
Average Shell
Acceleration
Recoil
Average Barrel
Acceleration
Max Pressure Shell
Acceleration
Kinetic Energy
Joule
6.588m/s
120.204
47.038km/s2
0.61m
35.607m/s2
132.735km/s2
11.38M
Turret Models
1)
Mounted In
Turret Model
2) 1:
Gun Armament
3) 2:
As Built Of
Ship Class
4) 3:
Primary
Image
5) 3:
First Laid Down
YMD
6) 2:
Rounds Per Gun
7) 1:
Depicted In
Image
BR 5.25in Mk II Twin
HMS Bellona Gun 4 X BR 5.25in Mk II Twin
HMS Bellona
1939 Nov 30
340
HMS Dido Gun 5 X BR 5.25in Mk II Twin
HMS Dido
1937 Aug 26
340
BR 5.25in 50cal Mk 1 Twin
HMS King George V Gun 8 X BR 5.25in 50cal Mk 1 Twin
HMS King George V
1937 Jan 02
400
BR 5.25in 50cal RP10 Mark I*
HMS Lion Gun 8 X BR 5.25in 50cal RP10 Mark I*
HMS Lion
1939 Jul 04
400
HMS Vanguard Gun 8 X BR 5.25in 50cal RP10 Mark I*
HMS Vanguard
1941 Oct 02
391
Used In
Activity
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
Directive: 1941 Dec 01 Japanese Directive Conquest Of South East Asia And Pacific
Directive: 1941 Dec 01 Japanese Directive First Stage
Directive: 1941 Dec 07 Japanese Directive First Stage First Phase
1941 Dec 08 Japanese Conquest E Operation Thailand Malaya
1941 12 10 0100 Air Strike Sinking Of Repulse And Prince Of Wales South China Sea
1943 10 23 0100 Surface Action Sinking Of The Charybdis English Channel
1943 12 26 0100 Surface Action Sinking Of The Scharnhorst North Cape, North Atlantic
Used In
Ship
HMS King George V
HMS Prince Of Wales
HMS Duke Of York
HMS Howe
HMS Anson
HMS Naiad
HMS Bonaventure
HMS Phoebe
HMS Hermione
HMS Euryalus
HMS Dido
HMS Sirius
HMS Cleopatra
HMS Scylla
HMS Temeraire 1939
HMS Lion 1939
HMS Charybdis
HMS Argonaut
HMS Bellona
HMS Black Prince
HMS Diadem
HMS Spartan
HMS Royalist
HMS Vanguard
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