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68-pounder Lancaster guns were a British rifled muzzle-loading cannon of the 1850s that fired a 68-pound shell.^[1] It was designed by Charles William Lancaster.^[2] The cannon was designed with an oval bore and had a range of about 6,500 yd (5.9 km).^[3] The gun had a tendency to burst and jam.^[4]^[2]

They were fitted in pairs to the Arrow-class gunvessel and were used during the Crimean War.^[1]^[2]

The muzzle of a Lancaster gun survives in the collection of the Royal Armouries at Fort Nelson.^[2]

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^ ^a ^b Preston, Antony; Major, John (2007). Send a Gunboat The Victorian Navy and Supremacy at Sea, 1854–1904. Conway Maritime. p. 20. ISBN 978-0-85177-923-2.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Gun - 68 pounder Lancaster elliptical-bore - about 1854". royalarmouries.org. Royal Armouries. Retrieved 24 February 2024.
^ Lambert, Andrew D. (1991). The Crimean War: British grand strategy, 1853–56. Manchester University Press. p. 28. ISBN 978-0-7190-3564-7.
^ Preston, Antony; Major, John (2007). Send a Gunboat The Victorian Navy and Supremacy at Sea, 1854–1904. Conway Maritime. p. 30. ISBN 978-0-85177-923-2.

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[sag20-1] Preston, Antony; Major, John (2007). Send a Gunboat The Victorian Navy and Supremacy at Sea, 1854–1904. Conway Maritime. p. 20. ISBN 978-0-85177-923-2.

[royal-2] "Gun - 68 pounder Lancaster elliptical-bore - about 1854". royalarmouries.org. Royal Armouries. Retrieved 24 February 2024.

[Lambert28-3] Lambert, Andrew D. (1991). The Crimean War: British grand strategy, 1853–56. Manchester University Press. p. 28. ISBN 978-0-7190-3564-7.

[sag30-4] Preston, Antony; Major, John (2007). Send a Gunboat The Victorian Navy and Supremacy at Sea, 1854–1904. Conway Maritime. p. 30. ISBN 978-0-85177-923-2.

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