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ARTILLERY REGISTER |
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| Type of Gun: |
SBML 6 Pounder (Brass) |
| Location: |
Collins Park, Bounded by Tompson, Forsyth, Thorne and Fox Streets, Wagga Wagga, NSW |
| GPS Location: |
35° 06' 44.53" S - 147° 21' 52.89" E |
| Serial Number: |
CCX (210) |
| Date of Manufacture: |
1795 |
| Manufacturer: |
Kinman, Francis |
| Calibre: |
3.6 inch |
| Weight of Projectile: |
6 lb |
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| Historical Specifics: |
This cannon has not been positively identified as being a 6 pounder, it may be a 4 pounder. The information required for positive identification is not readily visible. That is the weight which should be marked on the base of the breech.
Information provided from the Council indicate the gun was presented to the town in the 1880s for use as a time gun and was originally mounted on wheels which is consistent with it being a field gun. Two six pounder brass field guns arrived in NSW on the armed ship ‘porpoise’ in early 1799 consigned to the NSW Corps. The Return of 1806 show two 6 pounder brass guns at Government House and two at Barracks Square, Sydney. This gun is likely to be one of the latter. A similar gun is located at Vaucluse.
A plaque positioned with the gun indicates it is one of the cannons used during the Lambing Flat Riots in 1861. However, this is unlikely as those guns are described as being 12 Pounders.
The cannon has two crests, with clearly distinguishable writing, design, etc. It has, on raised bands on the barrel, ‘F S Kinman, 1795’ (above the main crest), and ‘CCX’ (half-way along the barrel), and on the right hand trunion is ‘No 390’. The gun is in good condition but none of the original mounting survive. |
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