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Firing tubes
Ten firing tubes in a tin box. Written on label: Group II Division 1 10 tubes Vent Sealing Electric Wireless Mark V. Not to be used until...Required for the use of special inspection 17/5/09. These tubes are possibly from the wreck of the destroyer HMS BOXER launched in 1894 and sunk in 1918 in collision with SS ST PATRICK in the English Channel.
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Object Details
| ID: | KTP1151 |
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| Collection: | Weapons |
| Type: | Firing tubes |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Unknown |
| Vessels: | Boxer (1894) |
| Date made: | ca.1909 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | 60 mm |