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The gun is a 12-pound [1] muzzle-loaded naval cannon, cast in Woolwich, England in 1816. [2] The monograms (erroneously referred to as "crests" on the plaque) of King George III and Henry Phipps, 1st Earl of Mulgrave, Master-General of the Ordnance at the time the cannon was cast, are on the barrel.
A 2-barreled gun in The Gardens, Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine; A 2-barreled gun at Queens Park, Maryborough, Queensland, Australia Archived 2017-04-29 at the Wayback Machine; A 2-barrelled gun at the Australian War Memorial museum, Canberra ACT Australia. A 4-barrelled gun at the Tower of London
52 mm (2.0 in) 5.2 cm SK L/55 gun German Empire: World War I - World War II 57 mm (2.2 in) QF 6 pounder Hotchkiss 8 cwt Mk I, Mk II France: World War I 57 mm (2.2 in) QF 6 pounder Nordenfelt United Kingdom: 1880s - 1920s 57 mm (2.2 in) QF 6 pounder 10 cwt gun Mk I United Kingdom: World War II 57 mm (2.2 in) S-60 Soviet Union: Cold War
The 1850s and 1860s were a time of growth and expansion in Maryborough, the first hospital was underway by 1859, a courthouse and lock-up was constructed in 1857; the School of Arts was established in 1861; also that year Messrs Gladwell and Greathead began the first sawmill.
A cannon is any large tubular firearm designed to fire a heavy projectile over a long distance. They were first used in Europe and China, and were the archetypical form of artillery. Round shot and grapeshot were the early projectiles used in cannon. 18th century cannon projectiles Three different cannon projectiles
[2] [5] This cannon was of relatively long barrel and light construction, and fired solid round shot projectiles at long ranges along a flat trajectory. One of the first ships to be able to fire a full cannon broadside was the English carrack the Mary Rose, built in Portsmouth from 1510–1512, and equipped with 78 guns (91 after an upgrade in ...
As it could be towed, the M198 was selected to be the successor to the World War II-era cannon used at the time, and entered service in 1979. [166] Still in use today, the M198 is, in turn, being slowly replaced by the M777 Ultralightweight howitzer, which weighs nearly half as much, and can be transported by helicopter —as opposed to the ...
The Commonwealth Railways KA class was a class of 2-8-0 tender locomotives of the Commonwealth Railways, Australia. The class operated on the 1,435 mm ( 4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in ) Trans-Australian Railway .