British WW1 12pdr 8cwt case

[Vasco Da Gama]

Just moving a few things around and case across this case, posted just for interest in the number of markings on the base! Pictured alongside a training round for the same gun.

 

[ron3350]

A great case and can you please show the headstamp of the wooden Drill round. It looks similar to my 12Pr 12Cwt Australian that I showed in wooden Drill Rounds.
What is the overall length? My 12Pr 12Cwt is 195mm long so I think this wooden Drill would fit either weapon.

 

[ydnum303]

Very nice, - never seen one before that had been converted from the longer case.
R.

 

[Vasco Da Gama]

My understanding is the 12pdr 8cwt was the standard boat and landing gun in the 1890s, it also armed River class destroyers and some submarines. Pictured is a more normally marked case, initially dated 1894. The 8cwt case is shorter than the more usually encountered 12 cwt, length 202mm, rim 104mm and mouth 88mm. The shorter training round is also marked for the 12cwt version, but I am surprised as there is a considerable difference. The 12cwt training round is a reused ww1 item. Hope this helps.

 

[Dronic69]

It seems these 12pdr cases were re-purposed for a number of different applications including surface firing Torpedoes:

http://www.bocn.co.uk/vbforum/threa...-25-oz-torpedo-impulse-case?highlight=impulse

Great examples - thank you for sharing!