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Boat gun
Boat gun. The gun has a stock which is fitted with a brass ramrod pipe with a steel ramrod. There is also a very long plain brass trigger guard and a flat butt plate which is fitted with a swivel. The gun has a flintlock and a brass barrel flared at the muzzle. The calibre is 1.75 inches. The gun is engraved on the lockplate: 'COOPER LONDON'.
It is likely that the gun was taken by Admiral Sir Frederick George Denham Bedford during the Benin Expedition of 1894 where a large quantity of arms and ammunition was found -the armoury of chief Nanna against whom the punitive expedition was waged.
It is likely that the gun was taken by Admiral Sir Frederick George Denham Bedford during the Benin Expedition of 1894 where a large quantity of arms and ammunition was found -the armoury of chief Nanna against whom the punitive expedition was waged.
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Object Details
| ID: | AAA2509 |
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| Collection: | Weapons |
| Type: | Boat Gun |
| Display location: | Display - Voyagers |
| Creator: | Cooper |
| Date made: | circa 1790 |
| Exhibition: | Voyagers |
| People: | 1913), Frederick George Denham Bedford (1838 -; Olomu, Nana |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 160 x 1000 x 60 mm |
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