Description

This page is a collection of 4.7" (12 cm) guns built by Armstrong/EOC and Vickers for export. Links are provided to those that are detailed on their own datapage.

Armstrong/EOC Guns

4.7"/35 (12 cm) Pattern I

Built as a prototype. Weight 1 ton 14 cwt 1 qtr. Overall length 170.5 in (433 cm) bore 165.4 in (430 cm). Fired 40 lbs. (18.1 kg) shot. With a charge of 8 lbs. (3.6 kg) [type unknown] MV was 1,907 fps (581 mps).

4.7"32 (12 cm) Pattern M

Built for Italy in 1886. This was Armstrong's second 4.7" (12 cm) prototype. Fired a 36 lbs. (16.4 kg) shell. With a charge of 12 lbs. (5.4 kg) pebble powder MV was 2,060 fps (628 mps).

4.7"/32 (12 cm) Pattern N

Use unknown. Weight 1 ton 16 cwt 11 lbs. Overall length 156.3 in (397 cm) bore 151.2 in (384 cm). Fired a 36 lbs. (16.4 kg) shell. With a charge of 12 lbs. (5.4 kg) prismatic powder MV was 1,900 fps (579 mps).

4.7"/40 (12 cm) Pattern P

First 4.7" (12 cm) gun purchased by the Royal Navy. See Britain 4.7\"/40 (12 cm) QF Mark I for details.

4.7" (12 cm) Pattern O

No information available. "O" probably not used.

4.7"/40 (12 cm) Pattern Q

For the Royal Navy. See Britain 4.7\"/40 (12 cm) QF Mark II for details.

4.7"/40 (12 cm) Pattern R

Apparently used for British coastal batteries but not by the Royal Navy. Exported for Argentina protected cruiser Neuve de Julio and Japan cruiser Yoshino. See Britain 4.7\"/40 (12 cm) QF guns for other details.

4.7" (12 cm) Pattern S

No information available.

4.7"/40 (12 cm) Pattern T

For the Royal Navy as the Britain 4.7\"/40 (12 cm) QF Mark III. Also exported to Brazil for the protected cruiserAlmirante Tamandare and to Japan.

4.7" (12 cm) Pattern U and V

No information available.

4.7"/40 (12 cm) Pattern W

Built for the Brazlian training cruiser Benjamin Constant. Body plan dated 24 August 1892. Weight 2 tons 9 cwt 10 lbs. Overall length 194.1 in (493 cm) bore length 189 in (480 cm). Fired a 45 lbs. (20.4 kg) shot. With 8.8 lbs. (4.0 kg) Ballistite MV was 2,481 fps (756 mps).

4.7"/45 (12 cm) Pattern Y

For the Royal Navy as the Britain 4.7"/45 (12 cm) QF Mark V. Also exported to Argentine, Chinese and Norwegian navies, among others, during the late 1800s and early 1900s.

4.7"/33.2 (12 cm) Pattern Z

Use unknown. Weight 2 tons 5 cwt 3 qtr. Overall length 162.1 in (412 cm) bore 156.6 in (398 cm). Fired 40 lbs. (18.1 kg) shot. With a charge of 16 lbs. (7.3 kg) MV was 1,951 fps (595 mps).

4.7"/50 (12 cm) Pattern AA

Believed to have been used for the Brazilian Almirante Barroso, Chilean Ministro Zenteno and the USN "Elswick Cruisers." See United States of America 4.7"/50 (12 cm) Mark III for details.

4.7"/40 (12 cm) Pattern BB

Fourteen guns purchased by the Royal Navy ca. 1905. Weight 2 tons 1 cwt 3 qtr 13 lbs. Overall length 249.25 in (565 cm). Fired a 45 lbs. (20.4 kg) shell. With a charge of 5.5 lbs. (2.5 kg) Cordite MV was 2,150 fps (655 mps).

4.7"/50 (12 cm) Pattern CC

Built for the Brazilian Minas Gerais and Bahia classes. See Brazil 4.7"/50 (12 cm) BL EOC for details.

4.7"/50 (12 cm) Pattern DD

Original order was for three guns but the order was cancelled and only one was built. Modified post-World War I to proof-test 4.7" (12 cm) casings. Plan dated 7 July 1908. Wire-wound construction. Weight 3 tons 5 cwt 1 qtr 1 lbs. Overall length 211.05 in (561 cm). Fired a 45 lbs. (20.4 kg) shell. With charge of 16 lbs. (7.3 kg)Cordite MV was 3,000 fps (914 mps).

4.7"/50 (12 cm) Pattern EE

Used on Italian Battleships and Cruisers. See Italy 120 mm/50 (4.7") Model 1909 for details.

4.7"/45 (12 cm) QF Pattern FF

Originally ordered for Brazil in 1907 but cancelled. Turkey ordered eight guns to arm the cruiser Drama but she was taken over by the Italians during World War I and renamed Libia. Weight N/A. Overall length 217.7 in (553 cm) bore length 212.6 in (540 cm). Fired a 45 lbs. (20.4 kg) shell. With charge of 10 lbs. (4.5 kg) Cordite MD MV was 2,570 fps (783 mps).

4.7"/40 (12 cm) Pattern GG

Land service gun.

Vickers Guns

4.7"/50 (12 cm) Mark A, B and C

**Possibly** guns built for the US Navy. See United States of America 4.7" (12 cm) Marks I, II and IV) for details.

4.7"/50 (12 cm) Mark E

Post-war gun built for Argentine and Chilean destroyers. See 4.7"/45 (12 cm) Vickers "E" for details.

4.7"/45 (12 cm) Mark G

Post-World War I guns built for the Portuguese destroyers Vouga class and sloops.

Sources

Campbell, John
   - "British Naval Guns 1880-1945 No 10" article in "Warship Volume VII"
   - "British Naval Guns 1880-1945 No 11" article in "Warship Volume VII"
   - "Naval Weapons of World War Two"

Fraccaroli, Aldo
   - "Italian Warships of World War II"

Friedman, Norman
   - "Naval Weapons of World War One"

Lacroix, Eric and Wells II, Linton
   - "Japanese Cruisers of the Pacific War"

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