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Lot 184W
A Pair Of 3 Pdr. Iron CarronadesEarly 19th Century
20 April 2011, 11:00 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £3,480 inc. premium
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Early 19th Century
Early 19th Century
Each of tapering three-stage form with raised mouldings, painted black overall and cast in relief with a crowned '2' on the reinforce, touch-holes each on raised integral block, knob-shaped cascabels with integral breeching loop above, and plain trunnions: on later wooden carriages of stepped naval type with wooden trucks and iron mounts painted black, the latter including trunnions caps (2)
101 cm. barrels, 7 cm. bores
101 cm. barrels, 7 cm. bores
Footnotes
The carronade was first manufactured in 1778 by the Carron Iron Company at Falkirk in Scotland, and remained in service in many varied forms until the 1870s. Designed for short range naval engagements, it fired a low velocity hollow shot designed to cause maximum damage on impact with the side of a ship. See H.L. Blackmore, The Armouries of the Tower of London, I, Ordnance, 1976, p. 223








