The Early Columbiads - an American 19th century gun

[bruce d]

From Military Collector & Historian: Vol 10 Iss 2 Summer 1958

THE EARLY COLUMBIADS
by Colonel Cary S. Tucker, USA, Ret’d. 

 

 

[Lieste]

I suspect the 24pdr "Columbiad" are captured 33cwt Govers, such as those used on shifting carriages in place of the forward and aftmost carronades on Constitution. Or anachronistic miss-attribution of carronades by later authors (e.g. the 32pdr 'Columbiads' sometimes attributed to USF Essex when she was captured).

Edited August 25, 2022 by Lieste