The QF 4.7 inch Gun Mark V originated as a 45-calibre naval gun designed by the

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for export customers and known as the Pattern Y.DiGiulian

United Kingdom service

The

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did not adopt the gun, but several were adopted by the army as coast defence guns around the United Kingdom from 1900 onwards. In

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the UK acquired 620 of a version manufactured in Japan, and mounted them as anti-submarine guns on merchant ships and

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, under the designation Mark V*. Many of these guns were used again in

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on defensively armed merchant ships and troop ships.

Notable actions

On 10 March 1917 the crew of a single gun on the

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fought a notable action against the heavily-armed German commerce raider . They managed to set the ''Möwe'' on fire and inflicted significant damage before the ''Otaki'' was sunk. ''Otaki's''

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went down with his ship and was posthumously awarded the

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for refusing to surrender his ship.

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United Kingdom service

Notable actions

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