A MODEL OF A QUICK-FIRING GUN MADE OF BRASS RECOVERED FROM THE WRECK OF THE SPANISH DESTROYER PLUTÓN, STRANDED IN ACTION, CIRCA 1898

heavily constructed in brass, the 9in. four-stage barrel with simple elevation screw punched along the barrel MADE FROM SHAFT OF TORPEDO BOAT PLUTON, mounted on tapering pedestal stand -- 5in. (13cm.)

Plutón was a 400-ton 30-knot 'Audaz' Class torpedo boat built for the Spanish Navy by Thomson of Clydebank and completed in November 1897 as part of the Spanish-American war effort. She was sunk on 3rd July 1898 during the Battle of Santiago de Cuba.

Condition Report

Condition commensurate with age, some marks scratches etc., but generally very good; bore is approx 410

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