BL 8 inch Mk VIII gun

The BL 8 inch gun Mark VIII was the main battery gun used on the Royal Navy's County-class cruisers, in compliance with the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922. This treaty allowed ships of not more than 10,000 tons standard displacement and with guns no larger than 8 inches (203 mm) to be excluded from total tonnage limitations on a nation's capital ships. The 10,000 ton limit was a major factor in design decisions such as turrets and gun mountings. A similar gun formed the main battery of Spanish Canarias-class cruisers. In 1930, the Royal Navy adopted the BL 6 inch Mk XXIII naval gun as the standard cruiser main battery in preference to this 8-inch gun.

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1927 — 1954  Wikimedia, Wikidata
168 produced, 
naval artillery, rifled breech loader, Royal Navy, United Kingdom, 

HMS Exeter, naval artillery, rifled breech loader, 

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1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

1927 — 1954 BL 8 inch Mk VIII gun

1939-09-01T00:00:00Z

1939-09-01T00:00:00Z

World War II Q362

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428 Battery crew handling 8-inch gun propellant charges WWII IWM TR 571

HMAS Australia SLV H98.100 3193

428 Battery, Coastal Defence Artillery Headquarters, Dover, Kent, December 1942 TR559

BL8inchSAPMkIBShell1933Diagram

BL8inchSAPKMkIBNTShell1943Diagram

428 Battery 8 inch shell handling WWII IWM TR 568

BL8inchHENavalShellDiagram1934

428 Battery, Coastal Defence Artillery Headquarters, Dover, Kent, December 1942 TR564

Admiral McGrigor on HMS Norfolk 1945 IWM A 29405

HMAS Canberra 8-inch gun turrets SLV H98.105 3230

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
link	page		NavWeaps page@		Wikidata
commons	image		428 Battery crew handling 8-inch gun propellant charges WWII IWM TR 571		Commons
commons	image		HMAS Australia SLV H98.100 3193		Commons
commons	image		428 Battery, Coastal Defence Artillery Headquarters, Dover, Kent, December 1942 TR559		Commons
commons	image		BL8inchSAPMkIBShell1933Diagram		Commons
commons	image		BL8inchSAPKMkIBNTShell1943Diagram		Commons
commons	image		428 Battery 8 inch shell handling WWII IWM TR 568		Commons
commons	image		BL8inchHENavalShellDiagram1934		Commons
commons	image		428 Battery, Coastal Defence Artillery Headquarters, Dover, Kent, December 1942 TR564		Commons
commons	image		Admiral McGrigor on HMS Norfolk 1945 IWM A 29405		Commons
commons	image		HMAS Canberra 8-inch gun turrets SLV H98.105 3230		Commons