Gun Model: BR 6in 45cal BL Mk XII

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Gun Model	BR 6in 45cal BL Mk XII


Gun Model Type	Light Cruiser

Gun Models
	Developed By	Design	Designed By	In Service	Barrels Used
	Great Britain	1913 Jan 01	Vickers Ordnance	1914 Jan 01	729

Gun Models
	Bore	Bore	Calibre	Barrel Length	Barrel Weight	Working Pressure	Barrel Life EFC
	6in	0.152m	45	6.858m	7ton	336.466MPa	670

Gun Models
	Shell Mass	Muzzle Velocity	Rate Of Fire Per Minute	Kg/s	Max Range
	45.36kg	853m/s	7	5.292	19 660m

Gun Models
	Usual Rounds Per Gun	Max Firing Time Minute
	200	28.571

Gun Models
	Barrel Recoil Velocity	Barrel To Shell Weight Ratio	Average Shell Acceleration	Max Pressure Shell Acceleration	Kinetic Energy Joule
	5.529m/s	154.277	53.048km/s2	135.309km/s2	16.502M

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 6in 45cal P XIII* Single	HMS Caledon Gun 5 X BR 6in 45cal P XIII* Single	HMS Caledon		1916 Feb 07	200
	HMS Carlisle Gun 5 X BR 6in 45cal P XIII* Single	HMS Carlisle		1917 Oct 02	200
	HMS Ceres Gun 5 X BR 6in 45cal P XIII* Single	HMS Ceres		1916 Jul 11	200
BR 6in 45cal CP XIV Single	HMS Armed Merchant Cruiser WW2 Gun 8 X BR 6in 45cal CP XIV Single	HMS Armed Merchant Cruiser WW2		1939 Oct 01
	HMS Danae Gun 6 X BR 6in 45cal CP XIV Single	HMS Danae		1916 Dec 01	200
	HMS Enterprise Gun 7 X BR 6in 45cal CP XIV Single	HMS Enterprise		1918 Jun 28	215
	HMS M29 Gun 2 X BR 6in 45cal CP XIV Single	HMS M29		1915 Mar 01
BR 6in 45cal BL P VII VIII IX Single Casemate	HMS Arethusa Gun 3 X BR 6in 45cal BL P VII VIII IX Single Casemate	HMS Arethusa		1912 Oct 01	150
	HMS Calliope Gun 4 X BR 6in 45cal BL P VII VIII IX Single Casemate	HMS Calliope		1914 Jan 01	150
	HMS Cambrian Gun 4 X BR 6in 45cal BL P VII VIII IX Single Casemate	HMS Cambrian		1914 Oct 14	150
	HMS Caroline Gun 4 X BR 6in 45cal BL P VII VIII IX Single Casemate	HMS Caroline		1913 Nov 01	150
	HMS Centaur Gun 5 X BR 6in 45cal BL P VII VIII IX Single Casemate	HMS Centaur		1915 Jan 01	150
	HMS Queen Elizabeth Gun 14 X BR 6in 45cal BL P VII VIII IX Single Casemate	HMS Queen Elizabeth		1912 Oct 21	230

Used In Activity

1916 02 11 0000 Mined HMS Arethusa 1913

1928 07 01 0000 Grounding BR Dauntless Halifax

1939 Nov 21 German Cruise Scharnhorst And Gneisenau Arctic Ocean

1939 11 23 1707 Surface Action Scharnhorst And Rawalpindi Faeroes Gap

1940 Apr 07 German Conquest Norway

1940 Apr 07 German Conquest Weserubung Norway Denmark

1940 Apr 09 German Landing Narvik

1940 04 13 0100 Surface Action Second Battle Of Narvik

1940 May 27 British Evacuation Operation Dynamo Dunkerque

1940 07 03 0100 Surface Action Battle Of Mers El Kebir, Algeria

1940 07 09 0100 Surface Action Battle Of Punto Stilo, Italy

1940 11 27 0100 Surface Action Battle Of Cape Spartivento, Sardinia

1941 03 27 0100 Surface Action Battle Of Cape Matapan, Greece