| Basillica | |
|---|---|
 Dismantled Dardanelles Gun at Fort Nelson, Hampshire, overlooking Portsmouth | |
| Type | Bombard |
| Service history | |
| Used by | Ottoman Empire |
| Wars | Dardanelles operation |
| Production history | |
| Designer | Munir Ali[1] |
| Produced | 1464[1] |
| Specifications | |
| Mass | 17,069 kg (37,631 lb)[1] |
| Barrel length | 518 cm (204 in)[2] |
| Diameter | 1,054 mm (41.5 in) |
| Caliber | 635 mm (25.0 in)[1][3] |
| Action | slow match |
| Elevation | none |
| Traverse | none |
| Feed system | muzzle loader |
The Dardanelles Gun or Great Bronze Gun[1] (Turkish: Şahi topu or simply Şahi) is a 15th-century siege cannon, specifically a super-sized bombard, which saw action in the 1807 Dardanelles operation.[2] It was built in 1464 by Ottoman military engineer Munir Ali and modelled after the Basilic, the bombard crafted by Orban that was used for the Ottoman siege of Constantinople in 1453.
- ^ a b c d e "Gun - Turkish Bombard - 1464". Royal Armouries. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
- ^ a b Schmidtchen 1977b, p. 228.
- ^ ffoulkes 1930, p. 224.