Cannone da 190/45

Cannone da 190/45
Rear port-side turret aboard Georgios Averof
TypeNaval gun
Coastal artillery
Place of originUK
Service history
In service1909–1956
Used byItaly
Greece
WarsBalkan Wars
Italo-Turkish War
World War I
World War II
Production history
DesignerVickers
Armstrong Whitworth
DesignedVickers: 1906
Armstrong: 1908
ManufacturerVickers
Armstrong Whitworth
Produced1910
Variants190/45 V Model 1906
190/45 A Model 1908
Specifications
Mass15 t (17 short tons)
Length8.9 m (29 ft)
Barrel length8.6 m (28 ft) 45 caliber

ShellSeparate loading bagged charge and projectile
Shell weightAP: 91 kg (201 lb)
Caliber190 mm (7.5 in)
BreechWelin breech block
Elevation-7° to +25°
Traverse-80° to +80°
Rate of fire2-3 rpm
Muzzle velocity864 m/s (2,830 ft/s)
Maximum firing range22 km (14 mi) at +25°[1]

The Cannone da 190/45 was a family of Italian naval guns that were the secondary armament of two classes of armored cruisers of the Regia Marina and Hellenic Navy built before World War I. The cruisers that they were aboard saw action in both world wars. It is also believed that spare guns may have been used as coastal artillery during World War II.[2]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference :1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Campbell, John (2002-01-01). Naval weapons of World War Two. Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0870214594. OCLC 51995246.