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This is a list of the military equipment of the Royal Navy and other British naval forces of World War II. This list shows the equipment for British naval and naval aviation forces like
naval artillery on board British
ships and
boats as well as the weapons used by British naval forces such as
torpedoes and
naval mines .
Naval artillery
Battleship and monitor main armament
The BL 14-inch Mark VII (preserved example at
Fort Nelson, Hampshire ) were only used on the five
King George V -class battleships
Heavy cruiser main armament
Light cruiser main armament and battleship and heavy cruiser secondary armament
Inside a QF 5.25-inch gun turret on the battleship
HMS King George V .
Small ship main armament
Diagram of QF 4 inch mk XVI gun on mk XIX mounting.
British made
US naval artillery obtained by Lend-Lease and
destroyers for bases agreement
QF 4 inch Mk XII gun on a
T-class submarine
Submarine armament
Armed boats armament
QF 3 pounder Hotchkiss gun in
Sydney in 1942
.50 inch Vickers machine guns in quadruple mount aboard
HMAS Perth .
Anti-aircraft guns
Machine guns
Autocannons
Single barrel QF 2 pounder Mk VIII from
HMCS Kamloops
Anti-aircraft artillery
British made
US made obtained through
Destroyers-for-bases deal
Other
Unrotated Projectile launchers on top of the
16-inch gun turrets of
HMS Nelson
Torpedoes
British 21 inch Mk VIII Torpedo being loaded onto the Polish submarine
ORP Sokół (1940)
Naval mines
Deactivated(no switch horn triggers) mark XVII contact naval mine which was the standard British contact naval mine of World War II.
Anti-submarine weapons
A Mk VII depth charge being loaded onto a Mk IV depth charge thrower onboard the
Flower-class corvette
HMS Dianthus .
Depth charges
Hedgehog anti-submarine spigot mortar launcher with practice projectiles
Anti-submarine projectile launchers
Naval radar
Main Armament Fire Control Radar Set equipped with a Type 274 aerial onboard the light cruiser HMS Swiftsure
See
List of World War II British naval radar
Boilers
Small arms
The Lanchester submachine gun was used by the Royal Navy and, to a lesser extent, the Royal Air Force.
Notes
^ Garzke, William H. Jr.; Dulin, Robert O. Jr. (1980). British, Soviet, French, and Dutch Battleships of World War II . London: Jane's.
ISBN
0-7106-0078-X .
^ Burt, R. A. (2012). British Battleships, 1919–1939 (2nd ed.). Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press.
ISBN
978-1-59114-052-8 .
^ Campbell, John (1985). Naval Weapons of World War II . Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press.
ISBN
0-87021-459-4 .
^ Whitley, M. J. (1995). Cruisers of World War Two . Brockhampton Press.
ISBN
1-86019-874-0 .
^ DiGiulian, Tony (19 February 2019).
"United Kingdom / Britain: 8"/50 (20.3 cm) Mark VIII" . navweapons.com . Retrieved 17 December 2020 .
^ DiGiulian, Tony (18 October 2017).
"United Kingdom / Britain: 4"/45 (10.2 cm) QF Mark V and Mark XV" . navweapons.com . Retrieved 17 December 2020 .
^ DiGiulian, Tony (14 September 2020).
"United Kingdom / Britain: 5.25"/50 (13.4 cm) QF Mark I" . navweapons.com . Retrieved 17 December 2020 .
^ DiGiulian, Tony (22 April 2019).
"United Kingdom / Britain: 6"/45 (15.2 cm) BL Mark XII and Mark XX" . navweapons.com . Retrieved 17 December 2020 .
^ Jordan, John (2020). "Warship Notes: The 6in Turrets of Nelson and Rodney". In Jordan, John (ed.). Warship 2020 . Oxford, UK: Osprey. pp. 184–188.
ISBN
978-1-4728-4071-4 .
^ Brooke, Geoffrey (1982). Alarm Starboard! . Cambridge: Stevens. p. 200.
ISBN
0-85059-578-9 .
^
"Fort Lytton QF 6 Pounder 10 cwt gun barrels" .
^ Campbell, John (1985). Naval Weapons of World War Two. Naval Institute Press. ISBN 978-0-87021-459-2 . p. 64.
^ Campbell, John (1985). Naval Weapons of World War Two. Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-459-4 .
^ DiGiulian, Tony.
"BL 4 inch mk IX naval gun" .
^ DiGiulian, Tony.
"4"/45 (10.2 cm) QF Mark XVI and Mark XVI* 4"/45 (10.2 cm) QF Mark XVII 4"/45 (10.2 cm) QF Mark XVIII 4"/45 (10.2 cm) QF Mark XXI" .
^ DiGiulian, Tony.
"4"/40 (10.2 cm) QF Mark XIX" .
^ DiGiulian, Tony.
"4"/40 (10.2 cm) QF Mark XIX" .
^ DiGiulian, Tony.
"4.7" (12 cm) BL Mark I and Mark II" .
^ DiGiulian, Tony.
"4.7"/45 (12 cm) QF Mark IX 4.7"/45 (12 cm) QF Mark XII" .
^ March, Edgar J. (1966). British Destroyers: A History of Development, 1892–1953; Drawn by Admiralty Permission From Official Records & Returns, Ships' Covers & Building Plans. London: Seeley Service. OCLC 164893555 .
^
"3/50 calibre naval gun" .
^
"4/50 naval gun" .
^
"QF 4 inch mk XII and XXII naval guns" .
^ Campbell, John (1985). Naval Weapons of World War Two. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 978-0-87021-459-2 . p. 66.
^ Williams, Anthony G (7 January 2016).
"The 6 pdr 7 cwt and The Molins Gun" . Military Guns & Ammunition . Retrieved 2020-12-20 .
^ Lambert, John; Ross, Al (1990). Allied Coastal Forces of World War II: Vol. 1, Fairmile designs and US submarine chasers. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 978-0-85177-519-7 . pp. 196–200.
^ Williams, Anthony G.
"0.50 inch Vickers machine gun" .
^ John Campbell(1986), Naval Weapons of World War Two. Naval Institute Press. ISBN 978-0-87021-459-2 . p. 20.
^
"20mm Oerlikon cannnon" .
^
"Bofors 40mm Anti-Aircraft Gun" . www.wwiiequipment.com . Retrieved 2020-12-20 .
^ Campbell, John (1985). Naval Weapons of World War II . Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. pp. 61–62.
ISBN
0-87021-459-4 .
^
"Navweapons. com QF 4.7 inch mk VIII naval gun" .
^
"Navweapons.com 3/23 caliber naval gun" .
^ Lambert, John; Al Ross (1990). Allied Coastal Forces of World War II. Conway. ISBN 0-85177-519-5 .
^
"Unrotated Projectile" .
^
a
b
"Navweapons. com British Torpedoes before World War II" .
^
"Navweapons. com British Torpedoes during World War II" .
^
"Sea Mine Mk XVII" . Imperial War Museums . Retrieved 2020-12-28 .
^
"British Anti-submarine weapons" .
^
"Anti-Submarine Projector Mks 10 & 11 (Hedgehog)" . www.microworks.net . Retrieved 2020-12-22 .
^
"Canada's Naval History" . www.warmuseum.ca . Retrieved 2020-12-22 .
^
"HMS Gambia Details" . hmsgambia.org . Retrieved 2021-10-07 .
^ jwh1975 (2015-10-04).
"Lanchester submachine gun: post-WWII use" . wwiiafterwwii . Retrieved 2020-12-22 . {{
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References
Campbell, John (1985). Naval Weapons of World War II . Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press.
ISBN
0-87021-459-4 .