BL 8 inch Mk VIII gun

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1927 — 1954 naval artillery, rifled breech loader, weapon model, World War II, Royal Navy, United Kingdom, 

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  Canarias 1936
  
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  HMS Exeter 1931
  
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  Capel Battery 1942
  

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1936-01-01T00:00:00Z

Canarias

1931-07-27T00:00:00Z

HMS Exeter

1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Capel Battery

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428 Battery 8 inch gun firing WWII IWM TR 559

428 Battery 8 inch shell handling WWII IWM TR 568

428 Battery, Coastal Defence Artillery Headquarters, Dover, Kent, December 1942 TR566

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

428 Battery setting 8 inch shell fuzes WWII IWM TR 564

Admiral McGrigor on HMS Norfolk 1945 IWM A 29405

BL8inchHENavalShellDiagram1934

BL8inchSAPKMkIBNTShell1943Diagram

BL8inchSAPMkIBShell1933Diagram

Coastal Defence Mounting at the Scotswood Works (20459021831)

Exeter'sDamage1939

HMAS Australia 8 inch

HMAS Australia bridge

HMAS Australia (D84) docking at New York City in 1932

HMAS Shropshire Morotai 017667

HMS Kent hockey

Segunda torreta de proa del crucero pesado Canarias (desguazado en 1977) con dos cañones de 203 mm (14716849852)

Type	Description	Date	Keywords	Notes	Source
link	Freebase entry@				Wikidata
link	NavWeaps article@				Wikidata
vessel	Canarias	1936	heavy cruiser, Spanish Navy		Wikidata
vessel	HMS Exeter	1931	heavy cruiser, shipwreck, Royal Navy		Wikidata
fort	Capel Battery	1942	artillery battery, military museum, United Kingdom		Wikidata
image	428 Battery 8 inch gun firing WWII IWM TR 559				Wikimedia
image	428 Battery 8 inch shell handling WWII IWM TR 568				Wikimedia
image	428 Battery, Coastal Defence Artillery Headquarters, Dover, Kent, December 1942 TR566	1942			Wikimedia
image	428 Battery crew handling 8-inch gun propellant charges WWII IWM TR 571				Wikimedia
image	428 Battery setting 8 inch shell fuzes WWII IWM TR 564				Wikimedia
image	Admiral McGrigor on HMS Norfolk 1945 IWM A 29405				Wikimedia
image	BL8inchHENavalShellDiagram1934				Wikimedia
image	BL8inchSAPKMkIBNTShell1943Diagram				Wikimedia
image	BL8inchSAPMkIBShell1933Diagram				Wikimedia
image	Coastal Defence Mounting at the Scotswood Works (20459021831)	1942			Wikimedia
image	Exeter'sDamage1939	1939			Wikimedia
image	HMAS Australia 8 inch	2006			Wikimedia
image	HMAS Australia bridge	1944			Wikimedia
image	HMAS Australia (D84) docking at New York City in 1932	1932			Wikimedia
image	HMAS Shropshire Morotai 017667	1944			Wikimedia
image	HMS Kent hockey	1941			Wikimedia
image	Segunda torreta de proa del crucero pesado Canarias (desguazado en 1977) con dos cañones de 203 mm (14716849852)	2014			Wikimedia