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<p>[QUOTE="springfld.arsenal, post: 131507, member: 54"]I posted same question and photos on two specialized sites yesterday and neither has produced any new info., will let ya know if either comes thru.</p><p><br /></p><p>Some info I think is pertinent to the subject as background comes from Crisman, Kevin J., COFFINS OF THE BRAVE, Texas A&M University Press, College Station, 2014, pp. 295, regarding the 1949 salvage of the British brig <i>LINNET</i>:</p><p><br /></p><p>"Among the recovered artifacts were four cast iron artillery pieces: two 8-foot-long (2.4m) 9-pounder cannon without trunnions,,,All were broken or worn out and were serving as ballast aboard <i>LINNET</i>. The two 9-pounders and the split mortar were sold to Ft. Ticonderoga..."</p><p><br /></p><p>The piece I've pictured above was de-accessed by Ft. Ti in 2015. Although there's a bit of a discrepancy between the length reported for the two 9-pounders salvaged from LINNET and the one pictured as I measured it, I'm sure the one here now is one of those two.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="springfld.arsenal, post: 131507, member: 54"]I posted same question and photos on two specialized sites yesterday and neither has produced any new info., will let ya know if either comes thru. Some info I think is pertinent to the subject as background comes from Crisman, Kevin J., COFFINS OF THE BRAVE, Texas A&M University Press, College Station, 2014, pp. 295, regarding the 1949 salvage of the British brig [I]LINNET[/I]: "Among the recovered artifacts were four cast iron artillery pieces: two 8-foot-long (2.4m) 9-pounder cannon without trunnions,,,All were broken or worn out and were serving as ballast aboard [I]LINNET[/I]. The two 9-pounders and the split mortar were sold to Ft. Ticonderoga..." The piece I've pictured above was de-accessed by Ft. Ti in 2015. Although there's a bit of a discrepancy between the length reported for the two 9-pounders salvaged from LINNET and the one pictured as I measured it, I'm sure the one here now is one of those two.[/QUOTE]
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