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Description: | Scale: 1:12. A model of a muzzle loading gun on a pivoting slide carriage made in wood, brass, and steel which has been partly painted. The gun is turned from a single piece of wood and painted black, the trunnions and tompion are made of metal. The slide carriage consists of a rectangular bed with rollers approximately in each corner which are fixed to move the carriage in an arc on a pair of rails. The front end of the bed has a fixing that attaches the bed to the hull. The carriage sides are made of wood to which is attached a number of components that allow the gun to be elevated or moved back and forth. The model is equipped with rope and tackle.
CA: AAB.
caption: Muzzle loading cannon - breach closed
caption: Muzzle loading cannon - breach open
caption: Record Shot - Do not reproduce. | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | Greenwich Ship models : their purpose and development from 1650 to the present : illustrated from the ship model collection of the National Maritime Museum models (representations) | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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