RML 64-pounder 71 cwt gun

Ordnance RML 64-pounder 71 cwt gun (converted)
No. 398 made by Royal Gun Factory in 1870, at the Royal Australian Artillery Memorial, Canberra
TypeNaval gun
Coast defence gun
Place of originUnited Kingdom
Service history
In service1870 – 190?
Used byRoyal Navy
Australian Colonies
Production history
Designed1870
ManufacturerRoyal Arsenal
Specifications
Mass7,896 pounds (3,582 kg)
Barrel length103.27 inches (2.623 m) (bore)[1]

Shell64 pounds (29.03 kg)
Calibre6.29-inch (159.8 mm)
Muzzle velocity1,230 feet per second (370 m/s)[2]

The RML 64-pounder 71 cwt guns (converted) were British rifled muzzle-loading guns converted from obsolete smoothbore 8-inch 65 cwt shell guns in the 1860s-1870s.[note 1]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference TOC1879 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ 1,230 feet/second firing 64-pound projectile with charge of 8 pounds gunpowder. Treatise on Construction of Service Ordnance 1879, page 94


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