The Crimean Cannon

The Crimean Cannon in Newry is a Russian Cast Iron 24-pounder Smoothbore Muzzleloading Gun, captured from the besieged fortress of Sebastopol during the Crimean War of 1853–1856. Most such guns were captured in September 1855 during the final siege of Sebastopol, when British and French forces took control of the Russian fortress after a prolonged campaign. The barrel of the Newry cannon bears ...