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Pike
Boarding pike. Steel four sided blade and wooden shaft with pointed steel shoe. Marks: on blade: 'G over 2' and 'W'.On shaft: B arrow O The pike was use for boarding a ship or for repelling a boarding attempt. The last pike model was issued in the mid-nineenth century but they survived in the Navy until 1905.
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Object Details
| ID: | WPN1653 |
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| Collection: | Weapons |
| Type: | Pike |
| Display location: | Display - Pirates |
| Exhibition: | Pirates |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Diameter: 40 mm;Overall: 2452 mm |