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Ship Class
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
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Gun Model
BR 15in 42cal Mark I
Gun Model Type
Battleship
Documents
1)
Covered By
Document
2) 1:
3) 2:
Page
Number
Naval Weapons Of World War Two
N
25
Gun Models
Developed By
Design
In Service
Barrels Used
Great Britain
1912 Jan 01
1915 Jan 01
128
Gun Models
Bore
Bore
Calibre
Barrel Length
Barrel Weight
Working Pressure
Barrel Life EFC
15in
0.381m
42
16.002m
100ton
336.466MPa
335
Gun Models
Shell
Mass
Muzzle
Velocity
Rate Of Fire
Per Minute
Kg/s
Max Range
879kg
785m/s ##
2
29.3
40 370m
Gun Models
Usual Rounds Per Gun
Max Firing Time
Minute
110
55
Gun Models
Barrel Recoil
Velocity
Barrel To Shell Weight
Ratio
Average Shell
Acceleration
Recoil
Average Barrel
Acceleration
Max Pressure Shell
Acceleration
Kinetic Energy
Joule
6.791m/s
115.591
19.254km/s2
1.168m
19.736m/s2
43.64km/s2
270.83M
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 15in 42cal Mark I Twin
HMS Courageous Gun 2 X BR 15in 42cal Mark I Twin
HMS Courageous
1915 Jan 01 ##
120
HMS Erebus Gun 1 X BR 15in 42cal Mark I Twin
HMS Erebus
1915 Oct 01
100
HMS Marshall Ney Gun 1 X BR 15in 42cal Mark I Twin
HMS Marshall Ney
1915 Jan 01
100
HMS Queen Elizabeth Gun 4 X BR 15in 42cal Mark I Twin
HMS Queen Elizabeth
1912 Oct 21
100
HMS Renown Gun 3 X BR 15in 42cal Mark I Twin
HMS Renown
1915 Jan 25
120
HMS Roberts Gun 1 X BR 15in 42cal Mark I Twin
HMS Roberts
1940 Apr 26
110
HMS Royal Sovereign Gun 4 X BR 15in 42cal Mark I Twin
HMS Royal Sovereign
1913 Dec 22
100
BR 15in 42cal Mark II Twin
HMS Hood Gun 4 X BR 15in 42cal Mark II Twin
HMS Hood
1916 Sep 01
120
HMS Vanguard Gun 4 X BR 15in 42cal Mark II Twin
HMS Vanguard
1941 Oct 02
100
Used In
Activity
1940 Apr 07 German Cruise Cover For Invasion Of Norway Norwegian Sea
1940 Apr 07 German Conquest Norway
1940 Apr 07 German Conquest Weserubung Norway Denmark
1940 Apr 09 German Landing Narvik
1940 04 09 0550 Surface Action Renown Vs Scharnhorst Gneisenau Norwegian Sea
1940 04 13 0100 Surface Action Second Battle Of Narvik
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
1941 May 19 German Cruise Rheinubung Bismarck Breakout North Atlantic
1941 05 24 0800 Surface Action Bismarck And Hood Iceland Europe
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
Used In
Ship
HMS Queen Elizabeth
HMS Valiant
HMS Barham
HMS Warspite
HMS Malaya
HMS Ramilles
HMS Resolution
HMS Revenge
HMS Royal Sovereign
HMS Royal Oak
HMS Marshall Ney
HMS Renown
HMS Repulse
HMS Marshall Soult
HMS Courageous
HMS Glorious
HMS Erebus
HMS Terror
