Ordnance model; Gun model

Scale: Unknown. Model of a trunnion carronade, cast and turned in bronze. It is complete with a touch hole at the rear and trunions either side at the barrel. The gun had a carriage at one time as indicated by the lighter patterning on the trunnions. There is a handwritten number on the inside of the barrel at the top "HXI". It does not have integral sights cast into it, nor the square cascabel for a tiller.

Object Details

ID: SLR2966
Collection: Ship models
Type: Ordnance model; Gun model
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Unknown
Date made: 1800-1900; 19th Century Unknown
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall model: 40 mm x 105 mm x 75 mm x 40 mm