Howitzer, 24pdr

Two brass muzzleloading smoothbore howitzers mounted on wooden rear-chock carriages. Calibre: 5.75in. Ships of the First, Second and Third Rates carried howitzers for use in their boats, firing explosive shells at a high angle. They were also among the armament of gunboats in the Crimean War, 1854–6.

Object Details

ID: KTP0035
Collection: Weapons
Type: Howitzer
Display location: Not on display
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Parts: Howitzer, 24pdr
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