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Miniatures Adventure => Colonial Adventures => Topic started by: Shipka on March 08, 2013, 08:31:07 PM

Title: What type of deck guns were used on 1870s Ironclads
Post by: Shipka on March 08, 2013, 08:31:07 PM

Trying to find out what deck pieces were used by the Peruvian and Chilean navy in the period 1879-1883

See this drama clip

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUZGVUhchC4

Title: Re: What type of deck guns were used on 1870s Ironclads
Post by: Emir of Askaristan on March 08, 2013, 11:08:27 PM

Hmm something doesn't look quite right about these, but I'm no expert. They look a little small.

I found this on Wikipedia which might start to point you in the right direction -

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_naval_guns_by_caliber (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_naval_guns_by_caliber)

Title: Re: What type of deck guns were used on 1870s Ironclads
Post by: chicklewis on March 09, 2013, 04:41:47 AM

The naval museum outside Lima has a series of nice displays of deck weapons.  When I visited in 2000 I vividly remember a 37mm 5-barreled (gatling-type) revolving Hotchkiss gun mounted on a pedestal with a big crank on the right hand side.  The receiver was all brass, and beautifully polished.  

I'll now see if I can find a picture online, and check the dates of that weapon.

(edit) Dates are good, advertised for sale in 1874 and possibly earlier.

Here's a wonderful animation of the weapon:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkOP8Lwdmgg

You can probably still order 28mm miniatures of this gun from whomever is still casting the 'Houston's Guns' range. 

Chick

Title: Re: What type of deck guns were used on 1870s Ironclads
Post by: former user on March 09, 2013, 06:35:37 AM

Again, which ones?
this article
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naval_Campaign_of_the_War_of_the_Pacific
offers a comprehensive list of the ships involved, and there was a multitude of guns involved
some of the ships have articles of their own, complete with production dates and armament lists where some guns again have their own articles
also the book I linked to in the other thread has at least one chapter about the navies
(http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y265/dsg2003mustanggt/91174851.jpg)

the clip You posted depicts the
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Iquique
between the
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hu%C3%A1scar_%28ship%29
and the
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esmeralda_%281855%29
generally armed with
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armstrong_Gun#The_Armstrong_rifled_breechloading_guns_of_the_1850s-1860s
or Whitworth smoothbores
and other assortments like
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gatling_gun


really, it is only clicks away.....

Title: Re: What type of deck guns were used on 1870s Ironclads
Post by: DowVooVoo on March 11, 2013, 11:22:33 AM

neat film. love the gatling shooting with out the top mounted drum magazine of ammo. still neat.