Equipment model; Gun model

Scale: Unknown. A model of a proposed naval gun made entirely in metal and patinated a dark grey finish. The long barrel terminates in an octagonal breech with a box-like fitting underneath. The sight on the left-hand side of the barrel is attached to an arm fixed to the gun on the right-hand side. The gun elevates in a square frame with a diagonal front face, and inside which is a mechanism for pivoting the entire gun.

Object Details

ID: SLR2950
Collection: Ship models
Type: Equipment model; Gun model
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Unknown
Date made: 1900-2000; 20th century Unknown
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall model: 672 x 565 x 366 mm