BL 6-inch Mk VII naval gun
Surviving examples
Surviving examples
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* [At the Royal Artillery Museum Woolwich, London](/wiki/6-inch_Mk_VII_gun_at_Royal_Artillery_Museum_Flickr_6185561735.jpg "6-inch Mk VII gun at Royal Artillery Museum Flickr 6185561735.jpg").
* [A coast defence gun](/wiki/BL6inchGunMkVIIBreechCloseupNewhavenFort1March2008.jpg "BL6inchGunMkVIIBreechCloseupNewhavenFort1March2008.jpg") at [Newhaven Fort, Sussex, UK](http://www.newhavenfort.org.uk/)
* [A gun mounted on the 1904 coast defence emplacement](/wiki/GravesendNewTavern3323.JPG "GravesendNewTavern3323.JPG") at [New Tavern Fort](/wiki/New_Tavern_Fort "New Tavern Fort"), Gravesend, UK
* [2 coast defence Mk 7 guns](/wiki/BL6inchMkVIICoastDefenceGunsLoughSwilly.jpg "BL6inchMkVIICoastDefenceGunsLoughSwilly.jpg") at [Fort Dunree](/wiki/Fort_Dunree "Fort Dunree"), [Lough Swilly](/wiki/Lough_Swilly "Lough Swilly"), in [County Donegal](/wiki/County_Donegal "County Donegal"), Ireland
* [St. David's Battery](/wiki/St._David%27s_Battery%2C_Bermuda "St. David's Battery, Bermuda"), St. David's Head, [St. David's Island, Bermuda](/wiki/St._David%27s_Island%2C_Bermuda "St. David's Island, Bermuda"). Two Mk VII RBLs, built by Vickers, on central pivot Mk II mounts.
* [Fort Scratchley](/wiki/Fort_Scratchley "Fort Scratchley"), [Newcastle, New South Wales](/wiki/Newcastle%2C_New_South_Wales "Newcastle, New South Wales"), Australia. 2 guns dating from 1911\. Decommissioned in 1965 and placed in a nearby park. Moved back to their original mounts in 1978 after the Fort became a museum. Both were restored in 1992 by the Fort Scratchley Historical Society and are capable of being fired on special occasions for ceremonial and saluting purposes.
* [Fort St. Catherine](/wiki/Fort_St._Catherine "Fort St. Catherine")'s, [St. George's Island, Bermuda](/wiki/St._George%27s_Island%2C_Bermuda "St. George's Island, Bermuda") 6\-inch BL gun Mk VII, built by Vickers, on central pivot Mk II mount.
* [Warwick Camp](/wiki/Warwick_Camp_%28Bermuda%29 "Warwick Camp (Bermuda)"), [Warwick](/wiki/Warwick_Parish%2C_Bermuda "Warwick Parish, Bermuda"), [Bermuda](/wiki/Bermuda "Bermuda"). Two Mk. VII, built by Vickers, on central pivot Mk II mounts. (This is an active military base, and the battery is not accessible by the public. The barrels have reportedly been removed, recently, for remounting on the bastions of the Keep, at the [Royal Naval Dockyard](/wiki/Royal_Naval_Dockyard%2C_Bermuda "Royal Naval Dockyard, Bermuda"), on [Ireland Island](/wiki/Ireland_Island%2C_Bermuda "Ireland Island, Bermuda"), which houses the [Bermuda Maritime Museum](/wiki/Bermuda_Maritime_Museum "Bermuda Maritime Museum").
* [Royal Naval Dockyard](/wiki/Royal_Naval_Dockyard%2C_Bermuda "Royal Naval Dockyard, Bermuda"), [Ireland Island, Bermuda](/wiki/Ireland_Island%2C_Bermuda "Ireland Island, Bermuda"). Two Mk VII (L/1029 and RGF) on central pivot Mk II, at Bastions C and D of the Keep (fortress) which houses the [Bermuda Maritime Museum](/wiki/Bermuda_Maritime_Museum "Bermuda Maritime Museum") (there is also one [BL 6\-inch gun Mk II](/wiki/BL_6_inch_gun_Mk_II_%E2%80%93_VI%23Mark_II "BL 6 inch gun Mk II – VI#Mark II") and one [BL 6\-inch gun Mk IV](/wiki/BL_6_inch_gun_Mk_II_%E2%80%93_VI%23Marks_III%2C_IV%2C_VI "BL 6 inch gun Mk II – VI#Marks III, IV, VI"), at Bastion E).
* [A gun on field carriage](/wiki/6inch_BL_gun_Lappohja_3.jpg "6inch BL gun Lappohja 3.jpg") at [The Front Museum, Lappohja, Finland](https://web.archive.org/web/20070313122211/http://www.frontmuseum.fi/en.html)
* [Fort Ogilvie, Point Pleasant Park](https://www.flickr.com/photos/ewan_osullivan/2391720005), Halifax, Nova Scotia
* [VSM gun No. 1553 dated 1901](https://www.flickr.com/photos/9977224@N06/1504348797) at [Princess Royal Fortress](/wiki/Princess_Royal_Fortress "Princess Royal Fortress"), [Albany, Western Australia](/wiki/Albany%2C_Western_Australia "Albany, Western Australia"). Obtained from [Bermuda](/wiki/Bermuda "Bermuda") during restoration of the site in the 1980s.
* [Barrel 1489 which fired the first Australian shot of WWI, and 1317 which fired the first Australian shot of WWII](/wiki/Artillery_at_Point_Nepean_2.jpg "Artillery at Point Nepean 2.jpg") at [Fort Nepean](/wiki/Fort_Nepean "Fort Nepean"), Victoria
* [Mk VII gun dated 1902](https://www.flickr.com/photos/9977224@N06/1489970720) at Ile aux Aigrettes, [Mauritius](/wiki/Mauritius "Mauritius")
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080907104000/http://www.southpacificphotography.com/photos.cfm/PhotoId/316/momi\-gun\-coral\-coast.html](https://web.archive.org/web/20080907104000/http://www.southpacificphotography.com/photos.cfm/PhotoId/316/momi-gun-coral-coast.html) Momi, Vuda, Batteries, Viti Levu, Fiji Islands. One of the barrels is \#1266 from 1900
* Fort Mitchell, [Spike Island](/wiki/Spike_Island%2C_County_Cork "Spike Island, County Cork"), Ireland, 2 Mk VII Guns in casemates on central pivot Mk II mounts in good condition and in the process of being restored to full working condition.
* Lonehort Fort, Bere Island, County Cork, Ireland\- Two 6\-inch BL guns are extant\- Breech blocks are missing and the guns themselves somewhat rusty, but otherwise appear to be in good condition. The fort was open to the public on 14 and 15 March 2014 for an underground art experience titled "Nest", which took place in the shell rooms below the guns. The shell rooms and hoists are also in good condition.
* [Coastal Artillery Battery](/wiki/Regimento_de_Artilharia_de_Costa "Regimento de Artilharia de Costa") at [Outão](/wiki/Out%C3%A3o "Outão"), Portugal on the mouth of [Sado](/wiki/Sado_River "Sado River") river, protecting [Setubal](/wiki/Setubal "Setubal") harbour with 3 guns decommissioned in 1998
* Two guns dated 1900 and 1902 from  at Canopus Hill near Stanley Airport, the Falkland Islands, they were refurbished in 2003\.
* Three Mk VII (dating 1904, 1914 and 1918\) of the [Ostenburg battery](/wiki/Hoods_Tower_Museum "Hoods Tower Museum") at the [Royal Naval Dockyard, Trincomalee](/wiki/SLN_Dockyard "SLN Dockyard").
* Three Mk VII of the Modara battery at the [Rock House Army Camp](/wiki/Rock_House_Army_Camp "Rock House Army Camp").
* Two Mk VII at Banana, on the Atlantic coast of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. They are out of use since 1960\.
* One Mk VII taken from Singapore and moved to Tinian as part of a battery of three such weapons, now sits outside the [Tinian International airport](/wiki/Tinian_International_Airport "Tinian International Airport"). This gun fired on the battleship  and destroyer , on 24 July 1944, causing extensive casualties and damage to both vessels. This surviving weapon bears two distinct gouges on its barrel from American return fire that knocked it out, but is otherwise intact.

How many Mk VII guns are there at Canopus Hill near Stanley Airport, Falkland Islands?