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Major Types
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
ref:Flix000001 2008 47 023
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Similar Sized
Gun Model
BR 5.5in 50cal BL Mk I
Gun Model Type
Light Cruiser
Gun Models
Developed By
Design
Designed By
In Service
Barrels Used
Great Britain
1913 Jan 01
Coventry Ordnance Works
1915 Jan 01
74
Gun Models
Bore
Bore
Calibre
Barrel Length
Barrel Weight
Working Pressure
5.5in
0.14m
50
6.985m
6ton
302.819MPa
Gun Models
Shell
Mass
Muzzle
Velocity
Max Range
37.2kg
850m/s
21 397m
Gun Models
Usual Rounds Per Gun
180
Gun Models
Barrel Recoil
Velocity
Barrel To Shell Weight
Ratio
Average Shell
Acceleration
Max Pressure Shell
Acceleration
Kinetic Energy
Joule
4.995m/s
170.16
51.717km/s2
124.773km/s2
13.438M
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
BR 5.5in CP II Single
CHN Yat Sen Gun 1 X BR 5.5in CP II Single
CHN Yat Sen
1930 Jan 01
GRC Katsonis Gun 10 X BR 5.5in CP II Single
GRC Katsonis
1914 Mar 21
HMS Chester Gun 10 X BR 5.5in CP II Single
HMS Chester
1914 Mar 21
HMS Furious Gun 11 X BR 5.5in CP II Single
HMS Furious
1915 Jan 01 ##
HMS Hermes 1918 Gun 6 X BR 5.5in CP II Single
HMS Hermes 1918
1918 Jan 15
HMS Hood Gun 16 X BR 5.5in CP II Single
HMS Hood
1916 Sep 01
180
Used In
Activity
1940 07 03 0100 Surface Action Battle Of Mers El Kebir, Algeria
1941 May 19 German Cruise Rheinubung Bismarck Breakout North Atlantic
1941 05 24 0800 Surface Action Bismarck And Hood Iceland Europe
Used In
Ship
HMS Birkenhead 1914
GRC Kountouriotis
HMS Chester 1914
GRC Katsonis
HMS Furious
HMS Hood
HMS Hermes
CHN Yat Sen
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