4.7 inch/50 Mark 3 Armstrong gun
The 4.7"/50 caliber Armstong gun (spoken "four-point-seven-inch-fifty-caliber") were used in the secondary batteries of the United States Navy's protected cruisers New Orleans and Albany during the Spanish–American War.
4.7 inch/50 Mark 3 Armstrong gun
- Name
- 4.7"/50 caliber Mark 3 Armstong Gun
- Field
- rifled breech loader · naval artillery
- Region
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
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The 4.7"/50 caliber Armstong gun (spoken "four-point-seven-inch-fifty-caliber") were used in the secondary batteries of the United States Navy's protected cruisers New Orleans and Albany during the Spanish–American War.
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• Name — 4.7"/50 caliber Mark 3 Armstong Gun • Origin — United Kingdom • Type — *Naval gun • Coastal defence gun • Is Ranged — YES • Is Artillery — YES • Service — 1895–1924 • Used By — United States Navy • Wars — Spanish–American War • Designer — Elswick Ordnance • Design Date — 1885 • Manufacturer — Elswick Ordnance • Number — 8 • Variants — Mark 3 • Weight — 4200 lb • Length — 236.2 in • Part Length — 231.1 in bore (48.9 calibers) • Cartridge — 45 lb • Caliber — 4.724 in • Rate — 5–6 rounds per minute • Velocity — 2215 ft/s • Max Range — 9900 yd at 20° elevation • Elevation — −3° to +20°
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The Mark 3 was a 48.9 calibers built-up gun designed and built in the United Kingdom for use in the two protected cruisers that the US Navy had purchased from the United Kingdom before the Spanish–American War. They were based on the British 4.7-inch Gun Mark IV, but a non-standard export model, the standard Mark IV was 40 caliber. They were constructed of a tube with a jacket and four hoops that went from the breech to the muzzle. In 1903 the eight guns from New Orleans and Albany were removed and replaced with 5 in/50 caliber guns. These guns were relocated to Fort Wint on Grande Island in the Philippines, in 1907, to guard the entrance to Subic Bay. One of the guns was later mounted on the British armed yacht Eileen during World War I. In the US Navy they were referred to as 4.7"/50 Mark 3 Armstrong, or as a "large case" gun, to help distinguish them from the additional earlier "small case" 4.7"/47 Mark 1 and 4.7"/42 Mark 2 guns that had been purchased from Vickers & Sons in the 1890s. Sometime after 1906 two other 4.7" guns were purchased and designated as Mark 4's but no other details survive. By 1924 all of these guns had been "surveyed and condemned" and taken out of service.
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