BL 8 inch Mk VIII gun

British naval artillery
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BL 8 inch Mk VIII gun

Summary

BL 8 inch Mk VIII gun is an artillery model[1]. It draws 31 Wikipedia views per month (artillery_model category, ranking #251 of 968).[2]

Key Facts

  • BL 8 inch Mk VIII gun's image is recorded as HMS Kent hockey.jpg[3].
  • BL 8 inch Mk VIII gun's instance of is recorded as artillery model[4].
  • BL 8 inch Mk VIII gun's operator is recorded as Royal Navy[5].
  • BL 8 inch Mk VIII gun's subclass of is recorded as rifled breech loader[6].
  • BL 8 inch Mk VIII gun's subclass of is recorded as naval artillery[7].
  • BL 8 inch Mk VIII gun's Commons category is recorded as BL 8 inch Mk VIII naval gun[8].
  • BL 8 inch Mk VIII gun's country of origin is recorded as United Kingdom[9].
  • BL 8 inch Mk VIII gun's participated in conflict is recorded as World War II[10].
  • BL 8 inch Mk VIII gun's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/09v974c[11].
  • BL 8 inch Mk VIII gun's service entry is recorded as +1927-01-01T00:00:00Z[12].
  • BL 8 inch Mk VIII gun's service retirement is recorded as +1954-01-01T00:00:00Z[13].
  • BL 8 inch Mk VIII gun's total produced is recorded as {'amount': '+168'}[14].
  • BL 8 inch Mk VIII gun's described by source is recorded as NavWeaps[15].
  • BL 8 inch Mk VIII gun's caliber is recorded as {'unit': 'Q218593', 'amount': '+8'}[16].

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Designation and Status

BL 8 inch Mk VIII gun's instance of is recorded as artillery model[4].

Why It Matters

BL 8 inch Mk VIII gun draws 31 Wikipedia views per month (artillery_model category, ranking #251 of 968).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
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  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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