Summary
Grape shot, quilted. 32 pr. muzzle loading gun. Iron plate with central spindle around which is grouped 9 shot in 3 tiers. Shot enclosed in canvas bag, the bag being drawn together between the balls by strong cord.
Crimea period - 1853-1856.
On 9 December 1868, page 1, the Scientific American reported that the former style of grape shot had changed. 'We do not use "four tiers of iron circular plates, encasing between them iron balls, and connected by an iron spindle which is passed through the centre of the plates". Our style of grape shot is [now] simply two plates, suited to the bore of the gun, held apart by a coiled rod of iron wire, one-quarter of an inch in diameter, the coils being close enough to hold the balls - of one and a half inches diameter - the two heads of the cynlinder guiding the charge into the gun...'
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Collecting Areas
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Acquisition Information
Donation from Victoria: Ordnance Branch, 24 Oct 1871
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Date Made
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Classification
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Category
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Discipline
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Type of item
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Overall Dimensions
230 mm (Length), 158 mm (Outside Diameter)
Diameter 158 mm. (6.2 in.), length 230 mm. (9 in.).
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Dimensions
160 mm (Length), 160 mm (Width), 240 mm (Height)
Measurement From Conservation. Measuring Method: Maximum dimensions
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Dimensions
160 mm (Length), 160 mm (Width), 240 mm (Height)
Measurement From Conservation.
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Dimensions
160 mm (Length), 160 mm (Width), 240 mm (Height)
Measurement From Conservation.
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Keywords
Artillery: British, Crimean War, 1853-1856, Projectiles, Victorian Colonial Defence Forces