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Description: | Iron muzzleloading smoothbore 24 pdr gun mounted on iron garrison carriage. Calibre: 5.75in. Marks: '46' on left trunnion. 'C A B' on right trunnion. '24 arrow Pr' on carriage. Crown over George III on barrel. The 24pdr gun was widely used at the time of the battle of Trafalgar but by 1850 had disappeared from the Royal Navy. Its range at point blank was 300 yards - at 10 degrees elevation about a mile.
caption: Record Shot - Do not reproduce. | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | Victory 1765 (HMS: 1st rate) artillery | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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