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CharlieC


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Not really artillery.....

I was asked if there was any contemporary documentation on the Hotchkiss 3 Pounder gun. Had a look and couldn't seem to find any. This is a bit surprising since there were lots of these guns made and they were used in the late 19th century Navies as anti-torpedo boat guns, in coastal defences and were reissued in WW1 as a deck gun for small vessels. Some 3 Pounders survived until WW2 as training and saluting guns.

Anyone know of any documentation on this gun?

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Charlie

(The attached image is the 3 Pounder at the RQYS, Manly, Qld)

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Doesn't seem to go much beyond Wikipedia, does it?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QF_3_pounder_Hotchkiss
http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNBR_3pounder_H_mk1.htm
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:QF_47_mm_gun_on_Elswick_pedestal_recoil_mounting_diagrams.jpg

Looked in vain also at the Combined Arms Research Library collections. Lots of interesting stuff there on other topics but if there was even passing reference to the QF 3 pounder Hotchkiss there I missed it.

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I wonder if these were used on the "armed yachts" of WW1? Can't find any evidence those used the 6-pounder Hotchkiss. Pondering arose when I was recently reminded of the ill-fated HMS/HMY Iolaire, listed in Janes 1919 as an armed yacht (wrecked with great loss of life 1/1/1919 within sight of the lights of Stornoway while returning discharged servicemen to the isles of Scotland). Pictured here in her pre-Admiralty days

Admiralty-yacht-HMS-Iolaire-ship-Amalthaea-1908.jpg

Remarkably little seen about these graceful vessels.



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Did you have a specific question you wanted answered Charlie? My knowledge doesn't stretch so far as this, but I know a man...

Gwyn

 

P.S. Sorry - just realised how old this thread is.



-- Edited by Gwyn Evans on Thursday 16th of August 2012 01:53:25 PM

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The basic data on the gun such as projectiles, projectile weights, muzzle velocity, range, barrel length, rifling, weight of gun, etc.

Any or all data would be most useful.

Regards,

Charlie



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Will see what I can do, but don't expect speed!
Gwyn

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http://www.enotes.com/topic/QF_3_pounder_Hotchkiss
Ta-da!
Barrel length 74.06 inch (1.88 m) bore (40 cal)

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Shell Fixed QF. Shell 3.3 lb (1.5 kg), Steel Shell, Common Lyddite
Calibre 47-millimetre (1.850 in)
Breech vertical sliding wedge
Rate of fire 30 / minute[1]
Muzzle velocity 1,873 ft/s (571 m/s)
Maximum range 4,000 yards (3,657 m)

http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNBR_3pounder_H_mk1.htm


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