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