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Muzzle loading carronade Long Caption: Scale: 1:4. Model of a carronade (about 1830) on a non-recoil carriage made entirely in wood with a metal swivelling retention bar. The gun is turned from a single piece of wood, painted black, and pivots on trunnions fixed to the bottom of the gun. The carriage is also made in wood and painted black. The bottom of the carriage has a metal rail running its entire length and extending from the front through which two securing holes are bored. Beneath the rail at the mid point of the carriage is a single transverse mounted wooden truck. Credit line: © National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London Object: SLR2985 Artist: unknown Date: before 1906 Medium: wood; metal Size: 230 mm x 124 mm x 425 mm Click here to buy a bespoke print of this image.