List of British naval forces military equipment of World War II

This is a list of the military equipment of the Royal Navy and other British naval forces of World War II. This list shows the equipment for British naval and naval aviation forces like naval artillery on board British ships and boats as well as the weapons used by British naval forces such as torpedoes and naval mines.

Naval artillery Battleship and monitor main armament

BL 14-inch Mk VII BL 15-inch Mk I BL 16-inch Mk I

Heavy cruiser main armament BL 7.5-inch Mk VI BL 8-inch Mk VIII

Light cruiser main armament and battleship and heavy cruiser secondary armament

QF 4-inch Mk V QF 5.25-inch Mk I dual-purpose gun, used on King George V-class battleships and Dido-class cruisers BL 6-inch Mk XII BL 6-inch Mk XXII BL 6-inch Mk XXIII

Small ship main armament

British made QF 6-pounder 10 cwt QF 12-pounder 12 cwt QF 4 inch Mk IV BL 4-inch Mk IX QF 4-inch Mk XVI QF 4-inch Mk XIX QF 4.5-inch Mk I – V BL 4.7-inch Mk I and Mk II QF 4.7-inch Mk IX & XII naval gun QF 4.7-inch Mk XI naval gun US naval artillery obtained by Lend-Lease and destroyers for bases agreement 3-inch/50-calibre gun 4-inch/50-calibre gun

Submarine armament QF 4-inch naval gun Mk XII and Mk XXII

Armed boats armament

QF 3-pounder Hotchkiss QF 6-pdr Class M Mark I with Auto Loader Mk III

Aircraft List of Fleet Air Arm aircraft in World War II

Anti-aircraft guns

Machine guns

Lewis gun Vickers .50 machine gun

Autocannons

QF 2-pounder Mk I and Mk VIII Oerlikon 20 mm cannon - licensed production of Swiss design Bofors 40 mm gun license production of Swedish design

Anti-aircraft artillery British made QF 3-inch 20 cwt QF 4.7-inch Mk VIII naval gun

US made obtained through Destroyers-for-bases deal

3-inch/23-calibre

Other

Holman Projector Unrotated Projectile

Torpedoes

18-inch torpedoes Mk VIII-XVII 21-inch torpedo Mk II-XI 24.5-inch torpedo - fitted to Nelson-class battleships only

Naval mines

Mark XVII contact naval mine

Anti-submarine weapons

Depth charges

Mark VII depth charge Mark VII Heavy Mark VII Airborne DC Mark VIII Airborne DC Mark X, X* Mark XI Airborne DC

Anti-submarine projectile launchers Hedgehog - multiple spigot mortar Squid - three barrelled 12-inch anti-submarine mortar

Naval radar

See List of World War II British naval radar

Boilers

Admiralty 3-drum boiler

Small arms

Lanchester submachine gun - 9mm Parabellum

Notes

References Campbell, John (1985). Naval Weapons of World War II. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. .