Shrapnel shell

W.G. Armstrong & Co, 1868

This shrapnel shell has been sawn down the middle, showing how deadly it was, for there are balls of lead shot, with a diameter of 24 mm, packed above the explo-sive charge. These shells were produced by the British firm of Armstrong from 1868. Although the Royal Nether-lands Navy certainly used 18 cm calibre artillery made by Armstrong, it is not known whether the navy also used this type of shrapnel, which is of the same calibre.

  • Artwork typechest, grenade (ammunition)
  • Object numberNG-MC-1281
  • Dimensionsheight 19.8 cm x width 53.5 cm x depth 27 cm, height 8.8 cm x width 49.2 cm x depth 17.6 cm
  • Physical characteristicsijzer, brons, messing, lood en hout