Blakely Ordnance Company
Ordnance works, London, United Kingdom.
- Side
- Confederate
- Kind
- Ordnance works
- Where
- London, United Kingdom
- Years
- 1861-1865
BLAKELY ORDNANCE COMPANY
Captain Theophilus Blakely's banded rifled cannon were sold mostly to Russia and the Confederacy. Several foundries and this London company, founded in 1863, made about 400 guns to his design. Prioleau bought a 12-pounder Blakely in London that was fired at Fort Sumter in 1861.
Then
Captain Theophilus Blakely's banded rifled cannon were sold mostly to Russia and the Confederacy. Several foundries and the Blakely Ordnance Company of London, founded in 1863, made about 400 guns to his design. Prioleau bought a 12-pounder Blakely in London that was fired at Fort Sumter in 1861.
Now
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