DIAMETER: 6.9 inches GUN: Rifled 42-pounder Smoothbore, 7-inch Caliber LENGTH: 12 1/2 inches WEIGHT: About 75 pounds (estimated) CONSTRUCTION: Common Shell SABOT: Lead FUZING: Zinc Fuze Plug
This specimen is
somewhat shorter and lighter than that shown in Figure
77. Possibly an early
experimental version. The authors feel that this is a Britten and not
a Dyer projectile.