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38.1 cm /45 Model 1926 naval gun

Type of coastal artillery

Field	Value
name	38.1 cm/45 Model 1926
image	Cañón Vickers 381 mm. 1926.jpg
image_size	300px
caption	Surviving Vickers 38.1cm/45 1926 at Monte San Pedro - Coruña
origin	United Kingdom
type	Coastal artillery
is_ranged	yes
is_artillery	yes
service	1929–2008
used_by	Spain
design_date	1912
manufacturer	Vickers-Armstrong
weight	223 tons (227 tonnes)
cartridge	APC, HE
cartridge_weight	APC - 1,951 lbs (885 kg), HE - 1,951 lbs (885 kg)
caliber	15 inches (381mm)
rate	2 rounds per minute
velocity	APC - 2,500 fps (762 m/s)
range	39,390 yards (35,100 m)
elevation	-5 / +40 degrees
traverse	300 degrees

The 38.1 cm/45 Model 1926 naval gun, also known as the Vickers-Armstrong 38.1 centimetres (15.0 in) Mark B, was originally intended to form the armament of the Brazilian battleship Riachuelo. Eighteen of the guns were subsequently purchased by Spain for use as coastal artillery.

The guns could fire an armour-piercing shell weighing 860 kg at a velocity of 762 m/s or a high-explosive shell weighing 802 kg to a range of 35100 m. They were mounted in individual armoured gun houses.

In the 1990s, seven mounts remained operational, and were provided with modern Swedish fire control equipment.

Locations

Cartagena: 4 Guns. Batteries Castillitos and Cenizas, each with 2 guns (Guns still in situ).

Ferrol and A Coruña: Originally 8 guns. Batteries at Cape Prior (Guns scrapped 1997), Monte San Pedro (Guns still in situ), Campelo Alta (Guns transferred 1941) and Lobateiras (Guns removed), each with 2 Guns.

Menorca: Originally 6 guns. Batteries at Favarix (Guns transferred 1944), Mahon and Llucalary (guns still in situ), each with 2 guns.

Subsequently, the guns at Campelo Alta were moved to a new location at Paloma Alta, work being completed in October 1941. One of these guns was destroyed when it suffered a premature detonation during Proof Firing. Later the two guns from the Favarix Battery were transferred, becoming operational in January 1944. These three guns remained in service until 2008, when the last one finally retired into reserve.

Surviving examples

West of Cartagena two guns of the Castillitos Battery :

East of Cartagena two guns of the de Las Cenizas Battery :

At Monte De San Pedro, W of A Coruña, two guns :

East of Cala Llucalari, Menorca, two guns :

At Bateria de Costa, Paloma Alta, W of Algeciras, three guns:

Notes

References

DiGiulian, Tony. "38.1 cm/45 (15") Model 1926".
Foss 1987, p. 657.
Freidman 1997, pp. 269–270.
"LOS 38,1 ESPAÑOLES".

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