ARTILLERY RING GAUGE FOR 11-INCH SHELLS- “SMALL”

ARTILLERY RING GAUGE FOR 11-INCH SHELLS- “SMALL”

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Item Code: 2026-9445

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A solid metal artillery ring gauge for 11-inch shells, i.e. case-shot, as used in the 11-inch Dahlgren guns. The measuring ring is clearly marked with a large block “XI” on one side, followed by “Shell 10,83 Small” engraved in script, indicating the actual measurement as 10.83-inches, and “small” perhaps indicating the shell was not fixed to a wood sabot by iron straps that would have slightly increased its diameter. The “10,83” is then repeated on the handle, which is solid metal, forged in one-piece with measuring ring, and bent in a circle itself, perhaps to make it easier to hang up or attach a wrist strap. This may indicate a prewar manufacture, most of the gauges we have seen having wood handles. The metal is brought full circle to form that smaller ring, but is not forged closed.

This 11-Inch Dahlgren Shell Gun had a production run of 465 and is best known from the two used aboard the USS Monitor. It was carried in the turrets of other monitors as well, and on conventional warships, where it was mounted on a pivot. Shells weighed in at 133.5 pounds, and at maximum elevation the guns had a range of 3650 yards with a 20-pound charge of powder. This is largely smooth metal, gray in color with some thin brown and minor stains. Please see our photos and our other offerings for a gauge for the 11-inch shell, “Large.”   [sr][ph:L]

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