Firing tubes

Ten firing tubes in a tin box. Written on label: Group II Division 1 10 tubes Vent Sealing Electric Wireless Mark V. Not to be used until...Required for the use of special inspection 17/5/09. These tubes are possibly from the wreck of the destroyer HMS BOXER launched in 1894 and sunk in 1918 in collision with SS ST PATRICK in the English Channel.

Object Details

ID: KTP1151
Collection: Weapons
Type: Firing tubes
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Unknown
Vessels: Boxer (1894)
Date made: ca.1909
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: 60 mm
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