A tiny cannon for ID and coments

kronckew · 13th August 2008, 11:15 PM

no trunnions, so likely not an aimable mortar or cannon, may have been strapped to a carriage of some sort, too big & too recent for a hand cannon. too short for much. s缠mall cannon were used for line throwing but would have had trunnions . small rail mounted anti-personnel cannon would have had trunnions to mount it on a swivel. my guess is a signal cannon for a larger ship.

coehorn mortar, trunnions on base

small swivel gun, trunnions again

this small late 18c - early 19c howitzer is close, but has trunnions again.

lyle gun (line throwing)

trunnions again - this is a big lyle.

more traditional brass one in high polish

here's the whole gubbins with the coast guard crew to service it.

aha! a trunnion-less one mounted on a fixed base!

this is a signal gun used to start yacht races

note that 19-20c cannon of this type would have a lanyard operated percussion firing device threaded into it rather than a touch hole. removal would leave a larger hole than we'd expect for one fired by a slow match.

one for a lyle gun

13th August 2008, 11:15 PM	#22
kronckew Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Room 101, Glos. UK Posts: 4,215	no trunnions, so likely not an aimable mortar or cannon, may have been strapped to a carriage of some sort, too big & too recent for a hand cannon. too short for much. s缠mall cannon were used for line throwing but would have had trunnions . small rail mounted anti-personnel cannon would have had trunnions to mount it on a swivel. my guess is a signal cannon for a larger ship. coehorn mortar, trunnions on base small swivel gun, trunnions again this small late 18c - early 19c howitzer is close, but has trunnions again. lyle gun (line throwing) trunnions again - this is a big lyle. more traditional brass one in high polish here's the whole gubbins with the coast guard crew to service it. aha! a trunnion-less one mounted on a fixed base! this is a signal gun used to start yacht races note that 19-20c cannon of this type would have a lanyard operated percussion firing device threaded into it rather than a touch hole. removal would leave a larger hole than we'd expect for one fired by a slow match. one for a lyle gun Last edited by kronckew; 13th August 2008 at 11:53 PM.