1860 HMS Warrior guns, Portsmouth, England
1860 HMS Warrior guns, Portsmouth, England
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Go to Sailing Texas classifieds for current sailboats for sale The gun deck. The Warrior has only one inside gun deck, and here were massive guns indeed, 26 muzzle-loading 68 pounders and 10 breech-loading 110 pounders. These are the muzzle loaders, as you can tell by the line going through a hole at the end of the gun.
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A 110 pounder breech loading gun. Designed by W Armstrong in 1855 and weighing 4.1 tons, a gun crew of 18 men were needed to fire one round every 50 seconds. The rifled bore increased range and accuracy. |
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68 pounders, designed in 1846 by Colonel Dundas, each weighed 6 tons on its elm gun carriage. 18 men manned each gun and could fire one round every 55 seconds. Note the round cannonballs racked nearby for this unrifled bore gun. |
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Side view of a 110 pounder. Note the rack of rifles and swords mounted on the wall behind it. These racks of guns and swords were found mounted around the ship. |
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Another view of a 110 pounder. |
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Some racks held rifles and swords together. |
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Some racks held only rifles or only swords. |
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This round rack held revolvers. |
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We found rows of shells, which I think were for the rifled 110 pounders. |
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A powder room, with many powder charges ready to go. |
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