Object data
iron, brass, zinc and leather
length 12.8 cm × diameter 6.1 cm
Constructie Werkplaats
5-cm Shell
Delft, 1863
Inscriptions
- inscription, below the fuse: B
- inscription, opposite: P
- label, on the side: 1297 former inventory label
Provenance
...; transferred from the Ministerie van Marine (Department of the Navy), The Hague, to the museum, 1883
Object number: NG-MC-1297
Copyright: Public domain
Entry
A 5-cm shell with percussion fuse.
The shell is cylindrical and pointed, with zinc studs for four grooves. In the nose a percussion fuse with a brass protective cap has been screwed; the fuse has a leather gasket.
This shell was used with 5-cm rifled muzzle-loaders, which were developed from the smooth bore 1-pounder swivel of French design. The proposal to adapt these guns for rifled ammunition was first formulated by Head of Artillery W. de Fremery in 1860, and in December 1862, successful trials were held with shells and canister shot.
Literature
H. van Goens, Handleiding tot de kennis van de zee-artillerie, Rotterdam 1861-65, p. 340; J.H. Haakman, Handboek over de zee-artillerie voor konstabels en matrozen-kanonniers, 4 vols., Nieuwediep, 1871-72, vol. 2, pp. 118-19, vol. 3, p. 130, pp. 155 ff.; J.M. Obreen et al., handwritten inventory list for items 944 to 1431, 1884, manuscript in HNA 476 RMA, inv. no. 1089, no. 1297
Citation
J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'Constructie Werkplaats, 5-cm Shell, Delft, 1863', in J. van der Vliet and A. Lemmers (eds.), Navy Models in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.245109
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