Description

This page is a collection of 9.2" (23.4 cm) guns built by Armstrong/EOC for export. Links are provided to those that are detailed on their own datapage.

9.2"/40 (23.4 cm) Pattern A

Gun weight of 27 tons, 13 cwt, 1 qtr 7lbs. Fired a 390 lbs. (131.5 kg) solid shot at 2,250 fps (686 mps) or a 320 lbs. (145 kg) solid shot at 2,392 fps (729 mps). Propellant was 58.5 lbs. (26.5 kg) Cordite 0.4. Overall gun length of 385 in (978 cm) and a bore length of 371.6 in (944 cm) or 40.4 calibers.

9.2"/24 (23.4 cm) Pattern B

Four 9.2"/24 (23.4 cm) guns built for Fort Phillip in Australia.

9.2"/31.5 (23.4 cm) Pattern C

Built for the Australian Adelaide but never mounted. Very similar to the 9.2"/31.5 (23.4 cm) Mark IV but with a larger chamber. Sometimes called the Mark IVE.

9.2"/35.3 (23.4 cm) Pattern D

Gun weight 24 tons 1 qtr 2 lbs. Overall length 340.4 in (865 cm), bore length 324.65 in (825 cm).

9.2"/? (23.4 cm) Pattern E

Gun weight 24 tons 14 cwt 2qtr 12 lbs. Fired a 390 lbs. (131.5 kg) solid shot at 2,007 fps (612 mps). Propellant was 75 lbs. (34 kg) Cordite. Overall length 322 in (818 cm), bore length not given.

9.2"/31.5 (23.4 cm) Pattern F

9.2"/31.5 (23.4 cm) Pattern G and G/G1

The Pattern G was three coastal defense guns mounted at Sydney, Australia. Almost identical to the 9.2"/31.5 (23.4 cm) Mark VIC. The Pattern G/G1 is described as the BL Mark VI in the EOC gun catalog.

9.2"/45 (23.4 cm) EOC - Pattern H

Four wire-wound Pattern H guns built for the Greek Armored Cruiser Georgios Averof (aka Averov or Averoff). Weight with BM was 26.73 tons (27.16 mt). Fired a 380 lbs. (172.4 kg) shell and with a propellant charge of 117 lbs. (53 kg) SC 205 or SC 150 muzzle velocity was 2,770 fps (844 mps) during the 1940s.

9.2"/50 (23.4 cm) Pattern J

EOC higher-pressure design equivalent to the 9.2"/50 (23.4 cm) Mark XI. A single gun was built for evaluation purposes, but the gun was later relined as a standard Mark XI gun.

Sources

Campbell, John
   - "Naval Weapons of World War Two"
   - "British Naval Guns 1880-1945 No 6" article in "Warship Volume VI

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

Lenton, H.T. and Colledge, J.J.
   - "Warships of World War II

Page History

26 October 2026 - New Datapage