The Royal Navy State Funeral Gun Carriage is a converted Ordnance, BL, 12 pdr 6 cwt, MK II, gun carriage which has been used in the UK to bear the coffin at the funeral processions of: Queen Victoria; King Edward VII; King George V; King George VI; Sir Winston Churchill; Admiral of the Fleet The 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma; and Queen Elizabeth II. It is traditionally pulled by members of the Royal Navy; when not in use, it is kept at the shore establishment HMS Excellent.[1][2][3] A smaller version, known as the Portsmouth Gun Carriage, has been used at the ceremonial funerals of several senior naval officers in the 20th century.[4]
- ^ "HMS Excellent - The State Field Gun Carriage". Memorials and Monuments in Portsmouth. Archived from the original on 19 September 2022. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
- ^ Kendall, Paul (24 February 2022). Queen Victoria: Her Life and Legacy. Frontline Books. p. 231. ISBN 978-1-3990-1834-0. Archived from the original on 19 September 2022. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
- ^ Range, M. (2016). British Royal and State Funerals: Music and Ceremonial since Elizabeth I. Boydell & Brewer.
- ^ Dykes, Godfrey. "The Portsmouth Gun Carriage". RN Communications Branch Museum/Library. Retrieved 16 February 2023.