Re: 18 inch Gun Tubes

[Marc James Small <msmall@roanoke.infi.net>]

At 09:38 AM 11/5/2000 EST, KEACLA1@aol.com wrote:
> 
>Actually the Japanese built two 18-inch gunned battleships, Yamato and 
> The British battlecruiser Furious was designed with two 18-inch 
> She was completed in 1917 as a hybrid battlecruiser-carrier with an 
> Not long after this the remaining 
> In addition, the 
>United States Navy built one experimental 18-inch gun around 1920. 

Keith

The British used FURIOUS' 18" guns in LORD CLIVE and GENERAL WOLFE in the
First War.  LORD CLIVE ended the war testing an experimental 15" triple
turret which design was not pursued.

The British 18"/L40 fired a heavier shell (1630 kg v 1460kg) but at a
shorter range (35km v 44km) than did the Japanese 18.1"/L45.  The Japanese
also explored an 18"/L45 at the end of the First War and a 20"/L? design
during the Second War, though neither was pursued.  

Marc

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