Ordnance model; Gun model

Scale: 1:40. Working model of a brass carronade (circa 1850), mounted on a wheeled wooden truck which is in turn mounted on a flat sliding wooden bed. The bed would have attached to the ship's side by means of a pivot at the forward end. The gun is complete with some fittings for rigging and working the gun, together with a turn screw mechanism at the end of the breech for raising and lowering the elevation at the inboard end of the gun. The wooden carriage and flat bed are finished in a natural varnished wood. The underneath of model is marked "S/T" and "GX18".

Object Details

ID: SLR2929
Collection: Ship models
Type: Ordnance model; Gun model
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Unknown
Date made: circa 1850
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall model: 60 mm x 132 mm x 65 mm