Muzzle loading carronade

Scale: 1:4. Model of a carronade (about 1830) on a non-recoil carriage made entirely in wood with a metal swivelling retention bar. The gun is turned from a single piece of wood, painted black, and pivots on trunnions fixed to the bottom of the gun. The carriage is also made in wood and painted black. The bottom of the carriage has a metal rail running its entire length and extending from the front through which two securing holes are bored. Beneath the rail at the mid point of the carriage is a single transverse mounted wooden truck.

Object Details

ID: SLR2985
Collection: Ship models
Type: Equipment model; Gun model
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Unknown
Date made: Before 1906; circa 1930
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 230 mm x 124 mm x 425 mm