page_title: QF 4.7-inch Mk I – IV naval gun
section_title: Battle of Gallipoli (1915)
hierarchical_section_title: QF 4.7-inch Mk I – IV naval gun / United Kingdom service / First World War / Battle of Gallipoli (1915)
caption_attribution_description: English: GALLIPOLI. 1915-12-16. 4.7 GUN ERECTED IN ITS EMPLACEMENT BY THE 2ND FIELD COMPANY ENGINEERS, PROBABLY ABOVE ARTILLERY ROAD. Comment&#160;: This gun appears to use the original improvised Percy Scott carriages and wheels from the Second Boer War. See also&#160;: File:Naval gun abandoned at Gallipoli at the AWM Aug 2012.JPG&#160;: The gun barrel today at the Australian War Memorial, Canberra File:4.7inchGunDraggedIntoPositionAnzac1915.jpeg&#160;: The gun being dragged into position at Anzac, 1915 File:4.7 inch gun before being destroyed at Anzac Dec 1915 AWM P02226.028.jpg&#160;: The gun at Anzac just before being blown up, December 1915 File:Destroyed 4.7 inch gun at Anzac 1915 AWM P02226.029.jpg&#160;: Then gun barrel in position at Anzac after being blown up, December 1915
context_page_description: The QF 4.7-inch Gun Mks I, II, III, and IV were a family of British quick-firing 4.724-inch naval and coast defence guns of the late 1880s and 1890s that served with the navies of various countries. They were also mounted on various wheeled carriages to provide the British Army with a long range gun. They all had a barrel of 40 calibres length.
  The gun was originally designed to replace the older BL 5-inch naval guns. It was optimised for the modern smokeless propellants, such as Cordite, and could be loaded and fired far more rapidly than the BL 5-inch gun while firing a shell only slightly lighter.
context_section_description: A 4.7-inch gun was used by the 1st Heavy Artillery Battery, a joint unit of Australians and Royal Marines, on Gallipoli to counter long range Turkish fire from the "Olive Grove" (in fact "Palamut Luk" or Oak Grove) between Gaba Tepe and Maidos. Lt-Colonel Rosenthal, commanding 3rd Australian Field Artillery Brigade, noted : "I had made continual urgent representations for two 4.7-inch guns for right flank to deal with innumerable targets beyond the range of 18-prs., but it was not till 11 July that one very old and much worn gun arrived, and was placed in position on right flank, firing its first round on 26 July." This gun was destroyed and left behind at the withdrawal from Gallipoli but later salvaged as a museum piece. The burst barrel is on display at the Australian War Memorial.
caption: Gun in emplacement at Anzac, Gallipoli
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