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The EOC 12 inch 45 calibre gun were various similar 12-inch
Elswick supplied its 12-inch 45- calibre guns for the s completed by itself and Vickers in 1910 for Brazil.
Brazil 12"/45 (30.5 cm) Elswick Pattern L
* Tony DiGiulian
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This article explains terms used for the British Armed Forces' ordnance (i.e.: weapons) and also ammunition. The terms may have slightly different meanings in the military of other countries.
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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 s completed by itself and Vickers in 1910 for Brazil.
UK service
When World War I began, Elswick were completing the battleship for the Ottoman Empire, originally begun as 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 and served in the Royal Navy in World War I, with its guns designated BL 12 inch Mk XIII.Britain usedRoman numerals
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to denote Marks (models) of ordnance until after World War II. This was the thirteenth model of BL 12-inch gun in British service. The gun's performance was similar to the standard Royal Navy equivalent gun, the BL 12 inch Mk X designed by Vickers.
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: * s commissioned 1906 * commissioned in 1907 & 1911 * battlecruisers commissioned 1908 * Battleship as re-gunned in 1908 * s commissioned 1910 & 1912 * s commissioned 1912Surviving examples
* On the , Yokosuka, JapanSee also
* List of naval gunsWeapons of comparable role, performance and era
*305mm/45 Modèle 1906 gun
The 305mm/45 Modèle 1906 gun was a heavy naval gun of the French Navy.
The type was used on the , mounted in two twin turrets. An improved version, the 305mm/45 Modèle 1910 gun, was installed on the ''Courbet'' class. Six surplus guns were mo ...
French equivalent
* BL 12 inch Mk X naval gun Vickers equivalent
* 12"/45 caliber Mark 5 gun
The 12″/45 caliber Mark 5 gun was an American naval gun that first entered service in 1906. Initially designed for use with the of pre-dreadnought battleships, the Mark 5 continued in service aboard the first generation of American dreadnough ...
US equivalent
Notes
References
* Tony DiGiulianBrazil 12"/45 (30.5 cm) Elswick Pattern L
* Tony DiGiulian
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