Artillery Cobh - Cobh, Ireland, EU
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Jarda315
N 51° 50.975 W 008° 17.740
29U E 548514 N 5744542
In those days the vast deep water harbor was home to the Royal Navy and Queenstown had a British garrison. When the British left Ireland for good they left behind a cannon, a relic of an earlier war fought far from these shores.
Waymark Code: WM7F62
Location: Munster, Ireland
Date Posted: 10/17/2009
Views: 20
Irish regiments fought with great gallantry during the Crimean War of 1854-56, a conflict that saw many of the devices and weapons used later in the War Between the States introduced for the first time in a struggle fought in southern Russian between the tsar’s imperial armies and the British, French and Italian invaders.
The cannon was emplaced at the mighty fortress of Sevastopol and was one of thousands of heavy guns captured when the Russians fled. As trophies of war, the tsar’s guns were distributed in towns and cities across the victors’ countries, and many are still to be found where they were set up as war memorials in 1856.
The Cobh cannon is a shore based gun, according to General Shuvalov’s system of ordnance brought in during the 1750s. The gun carries its history on its trunnions. The barrel is immaculate and carries the double-headed Romanov eagle emblem of the tsar.
At the rear behind the vent is written “No. 93,” which I suggest may have been added as a battery marker by a Russian officer or even as a capture mark by a captor to indicate which gun was intended to go where.
What type of artillery is this?: Cannon
Where is this artillery located?: Park
What military of the world used this device?: Russia
Date artillery was in use: 01/01/1750
Date artillery was placed on display: 01/01/1856
Artillery is no longer operational: yes
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