Английская Википедия:EOC 12-inch 45-calibre naval gun
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The EOC 12 inch 45 calibre gun were various similar 12-inch wire-wound naval guns designed and manufactured by Elswick Ordnance Company to equip ships that the parent company Armstrong Whitworth built and/or armed for several countries before World War I.
History
Brazil service
Elswick supplied its 12-inch 45-calibre guns for the Шаблон:Sclasss completed by itself and Vickers in 1910 for Brazil. Шаблон:Clear left
UK service
When World War I began, Elswick were completing the battleship Шаблон:Ship for the Ottoman Empire, originally begun as Шаблон:Ship for Brazil. It was armed with 14 of a slightly later version of Elswick's 12-inch 45-calibre guns. The battleship was completed as Шаблон:HMS and served in the Royal Navy in World War I, with its guns designated BL 12 inch Mk XIII.[1] The gun's performance was similar to the standard Royal Navy equivalent gun, the BL 12 inch Mk X designed by Vickers. Шаблон:Clear left
Japan service
Elswick supplied its 12-inch 45-calibre guns to the Imperial Japanese Navy, and they were also manufactured under licence in Japan. In Japanese service from 1908 they became 12"/45 41st Year Type and later after the navy metricised in 1917, 30 cm/45 41st Year Type. They equipped the following ship classes:
- Шаблон:Sclasss commissioned 1906
- Шаблон:Sclass commissioned in 1907 & 1911
- Шаблон:Sclass battlecruisers commissioned 1908
- Battleship Шаблон:Ship as re-gunned in 1908
- Шаблон:Sclasss commissioned 1910 & 1912
- Шаблон:Sclasss commissioned 1912
Surviving examples
- On the Шаблон:Ship, Yokosuka, Japan
See also
Weapons of comparable role, performance and era
- 305mm/45 Modèle 1906 gun French equivalent
- BL 12 inch Mk X naval gun Vickers equivalent
- 12"/45 caliber Mark 5 gun US equivalent
Notes
References
- Tony DiGiulian, Brazil 12"/45 (30.5 cm) Elswick Pattern L
- Tony DiGiulian, Britain 12"/45 (30.5 cm) Mark XIII
- Japanese 12"/45 (30.5 cm) Armstrong 12"/45 (30.5 cm) 41st Year Type 30 cm/45 (12") 41st Year Type
External links
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- ↑ Britain used Roman numerals to denote Marks (models) of ordnance until after World War II. This was the thirteenth model of BL 12-inch gun in British service.
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