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The BL 13.5-inch Mk VI gun was a British heavy naval gun, originally ordered by the Ottoman Navy to equip its Reşadiye-class dreadnoughts around 1911. The one ship completed was seized by the British Government when World War I began in August 1914 and became HMS Erin .
The BL 13.5 inch Mk V gun [note 2] was a British heavy naval gun, introduced in 1912 as the main armament for the new super-dreadnought battleships of the Orion class. The calibre was 13.5 inches (343 mm) and the barrels were 45 calibres long at 607.5 inches (15.43 m).
The BL 13.5 inch naval gun Mk I ("67-ton gun") was Britain's first successful large breechloading naval gun, initially designed in the early 1880s and eventually deployed in the late 1880s. Mks I - IV [ note 1 ] were all of 30 calibres length and of similar construction and performance.
Q. QF 2-pounder naval gun; QF 3-pounder Hotchkiss; QF 3-pounder Vickers; QF 4-inch naval gun Mk I – III; QF 4-inch naval gun Mk IV, XII, XXII; QF 4-inch naval gun Mk V
The BL 15-inch Mark I succeeded the BL 13.5-inch Mk V naval gun.It was the first British 15-inch (380 mm) gun design and the most widely used and longest lasting of any British designs, and arguably the most successful heavy gun ever developed by the Royal Navy. [3]
The BL 5-inch guns Mk I – Mk V [note 1] were early British 5-inch rifled breechloading naval guns after it switched from rifled muzzle-loaders in the late 1870s. They were originally designed to use the old gunpowder propellants. The 5-inch calibre was soon discontinued in favour of QF 4.7-inch.
Mks I–V were limited by a short range and high weight, being 4–5 tons heavier than the succeeding Mk VI which was designed as a howitzer and hence had a much lighter barrel. The improvised nature of the design led to failures such as premature explosion and unreliability in action, and difficulties of maintenance in workshops.