| Early Breech Loading
Artillery
| Designation |
Bore |
Type |
Length
(calibres) |
Weight |
Projectile
Weight |
Muzzle
Velocity
(f/s) |
Used
by the Royal Navy |
Used
by the British Army |
Notes
|
| 110
pdr. 82 cwt. BL |
7.2" |
BL |
17 |
4 tons 2 cwt. |
110 lbs. |
1175 |
x |
- |
Armstrong's (Elswick).
Introduced into service 1861. Used aboard HMS Warrior, HMS Black Prince, HMS
Defence, HMS Resistance, HMS Hector, HMS Achilles, HMS Prince Consort, HMS
Caledonia, HMS Royal Oak, HMS Enterprise, & HMS Pallas.
|
| 110
pdr. 72 cwt. BL |
7.2" |
BL |
17 |
3 tons 12 cwt. |
110 lbs. |
1175 |
- |
x |
Armstrong's (Elswick).
Introduced into service 1863. Used
aboard HMS Warrior & HMS Black Prince. Used by the Army as a Coastal Defence
Gun.
|
| 32
pdr. 42 cwt. BL |
6.3" |
SBBL |
|
2 tons 2 cwt. |
- |
- |
- |
x |
Converted from 32 pdr. 42
cwt. Used by the Army as close-defence weapons for permanent fortifications.
|
| 40 pdr. |
- |
BL |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
x |
Introduced into service
1871. Standard Army Heavy
Field Gun during the 1860s & 1870s.
|
| 40
pdr. 35 cwt. BL |
4.75" |
BL |
21.4 |
1 ton 15 cwt. |
40 lbs |
1180 |
x |
- |
Armstrong's (Elswick). Used aboard
HMS Warrior & HMS Black Prince. Used by the Army as a Coastal Defence Gun.
|
| 40
pdr. 32 cwt. BL |
4.75" |
BL |
21.4 |
1 ton 12 cwt. |
40 lbs. |
1164 |
x |
x |
Armstrong's (Elswick). Used aboard
HMS Warrior & HMS Black Prince. Used by the Army as a Coastal Defence Gun.
|
| 20
pdr. 16 cwt. BL |
3.75" |
BL |
21.3 |
16 cwt. |
20 lbs. |
1400 |
x |
x |
Armstrong's (Elswick).
Introduced into service 1859. Used aboard HMS Warrior, HMS Black Prince, HMS
Minotaur, HMS Agincourt, HMS Northumberland, HMS Lord Clyde, HMS Lord Warden,
HMS Penelope, HMS Audacious, HMS Invincible, HMS Iron Duke, HMS Vanguard, HMS
Sultan, HMS Swiftsure, HMS Triumph, HMS Alexandra, HMS Temeraire, HMS Belleisle,
HMS Orion, HMS Neptune, HMS Inflexible, HMS Shannon, HMS Nelson, & HMS
Northumberland.
Used by the Army as a Coastal Defence & Heavy Field Gun.
|
| 12
pdr. 8 cwt. |
3" |
BL |
19.1 |
8 cwt. |
11.25 lbs. |
1239 |
x |
x |
Armstrong's (Elswick).
Introduced into service 1858. Standard Army
Field Gun during the 1860s. It was also used by the Royal Navy as a Landing Gun.
|
| 9 pdr. 6 cwt. |
3" |
BL |
16.4 |
6 cwt. |
8.5 lbs |
1055 |
x |
x |
Armstrong's (Elswick).
Introduced into service 1859. Standard Army
Horse Artillery Gun during the 1860s. It was also used by the Royal Navy as a Landing Gun.
|
| 7 pdr. |
- |
BL |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
x |
Standard Army Mountain Gun
during the 1860s.
|
Key
| BL |
= |
Breech Loading Gun |
| cwt. |
= |
Hundredweight (112 lbs.) |
| f/s |
= |
feet per second |
| JBL |
= |
Jointed Breech Loading Gun |
| JRML |
= |
Jointed Rifled Muzzle Loading Gun |
| lbs. |
= |
pound |
| Mk. |
= |
Mark |
| pdr. |
= |
pounder |
| QF |
= |
Quick Firing Gun |
| QFC |
= |
Quick Firing Gun converted from a Breech Loading Gun |
| RML |
= |
Rifled Muzzle Loading Gun |
| SBBL |
= |
Smooth Bore Breech Loading Gun |
| SBML |
= |
Smooth Bore Muzzle Loading Gun |
| ton |
= |
20 cwt. or 2240 lbs. |
©
Robert George Cordery (2005)
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