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BL 9.2 inch Mk VIII gun

British naval gun

The BL 9.2-inch Mk VIII naval gun was designed for the new cordite propellants and was the first British wire-wound gun of this calibre.

== Naval service == The guns were mounted on the Powerful-class cruisers from 1897 until their decommissioning. After they were decommissioned some of the guns were used in coast defence in the UK, and from 1916 on one was mounted on the monitor HMS Marshal Ney.

== See also == List of naval guns

Notes

== References == Text Book of Gunnery Deprecated link archived 12 July 2012 at archive.today, 1902. London: Printed for His Majesty's Stationery Office, by Harrison and Sons, St. Martin's Lane Tony DiGiulian, British 9.2"/40 (23.4 cm) Mark VIII

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