Box with Seven Shell Fuses

Royal Laboratory, 1867 - 1872

Klein houten kistje met zeven granaatbuizen voor puntgranaten. Drie buizen zijn dubbel, eenmaal heel, eenmaal een helft van een overlangs doorgesneden buis. Deze drie paren stellen de volgende buizen voor: de Field service time-fuse (Armstrong buis type E), de Field service time and concussion-fuse (Armstrong buis type F) en de Armstrong Plain field service concussion-fuse. De zevende buis, zonder schroefdraad, is de Field service concussion-fuse (Armstrong buis type C), die in combinatie met type E gebruikt kon worden.

  • Artwork typedemonstration model, instruction model
  • Object numberNG-MC-1267
  • Dimensionsheight 15.8 cm x width 17 cm x depth 14.3 cm
  • Physical characteristicswood, brass, iron, leather and velours

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Box with Seven Shell Fuses

  • Object type

  • Object number

    NG-MC-1267

  • Description

    Klein houten kistje met zeven granaatbuizen voor puntgranaten. Drie buizen zijn dubbel, eenmaal heel, eenmaal een helft van een overlangs doorgesneden buis. Deze drie paren stellen de volgende buizen voor: de Field service time-fuse (Armstrong buis type E), de Field service time and concussion-fuse (Armstrong buis type F) en de Armstrong Plain field service concussion-fuse. De zevende buis, zonder schroefdraad, is de Field service concussion-fuse (Armstrong buis type C), die in combinatie met type E gebruikt kon worden.

  • Inscriptions / marks

    inscription, on each fuse: ‘BOC; PATENT’

  • Part of catalogue

Creation

  • Creation

    • maker: Royal Laboratory, Woolwich
    • after design by W.G. Armstrong & Co, Newcastle upon Tyne

  • Dating

    1867 - 1872

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    wood, brass, iron, leather and velours

  • Dimensions

    height 15.8 cm x width 17 cm x depth 14.3 cm

Explanatory note

  • Dit kistje werd in 1872 aan de Marinemodellenkamer aangeboden door de Inspecteur der Artillerie. Deze buizen werden o.a. gebruikt op de spring- en segmentgranaten van het 7 en 9 inch Armstrong kanon. In 1874 werden aan boord van de Vulkaan proeven gedaan.

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  • Subject

Acquisition and rights

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    …; Ministerie van Marine (Department of the Navy), The Hague, 1872;{HNA 2.12.01 Min. Marine, Exh. 31/5/1872 N34A.} transferred to the museum, 1883

Documentation

    • R.A. Wray, Changes of pattern and modifications in the Armstrong time and F.S. percussion fuzes since their introduction in 1860, Woolwich 1869.
    • J.H. Haakman, Handboek over de zee-artillerie voor konstabels en matrozen-kanonniers, Nieuwendiep 1871-1872, dl. 3, p. 157 ff, pl. 1, afb. 1-4.
    • Charles Orde Brown, Ammunition, A Descriptive Treatise on the Different Projectiles, Charches, Fuzes, Rockets etc at Present in Use for Land and Sea Service and on Other War Stores Manufactured in the Royal Laboratory, 2 vols., London, no date [1870], dl. 2, p. 158 ff.
    • H. Romberg, Rechèrches theoriques et practiques sur les fusées pour projectiles creux. Description des fusées en usage. Etude sur les fusées a double effet, Bruxelles 1871, p. 158, 188, 227, pl. II, afb. 16, pl. III, afb. 12 & 13, pl. V, afb 2.

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Royal Laboratory

Box with Seven Shell Fuses

Woolwich, 1867 - 1872

Inscriptions

  • inscription, on each fuse:BOC; PATENT

Provenance

…; Ministerie van Marine (Department of the Navy), The Hague, 1872;1HNA 2.12.01 Min. Marine, Exh. 31/5/1872 N34A. transferred to the museum, 1883

Object number: NG-MC-1267

Entry

Small box with seven fuses for pointed shells.

Three of the fuses are double, one whole, one half of a bisected fuse to show the interior. The three pairs represent the field service time fuse (Armstrong fuse type E), the field service time and concussion fuse (Armstrong fuse type F) and the Armstrong Plain field service concussion fuse. The seventh fuse, the one without a thread, is the field service concussion fuse (Armstrong fuse type C), which could be used in combination with type E.

The box was added to the Navy Model Room by the Inspector of Artillery in 1872.2HNA 2.12.01 Min. Marine, Exh. 31/5/1872 N34A. These fuses were used for shells and segment shells of 7 and 9 inches. In 1874 trials were performed on the ship Vulkaan.3HNA 2.12.01 Min. Marine, Exh. 22/8/1874 N5A.

Scale 1:1.

Literature

R.A. Wray, Changes of Pattern and Modifications in the Armstrong Time and F.S. Percussion Fuzes Since Their Introduction in 1860, Woolwich 1869; C. Orde Brown, Ammunition: A Descriptive Treatise on the Different Projectiles, Charges, Fuzes, Rockets etc. at Present in Use for Land and Sea Service and on Other War Stores Manufactured in the Royal Laboratory, 2 vols., London (1870), vol. 2, pp. 158 ff.; J.H. Haakman, Handboek over de zee-artillerie voor konstabels en matrozen-kanonniers, 4 vols., Nieuwediep, 1871-72, vol. 3, pp. 157 ff., pl. I, figs. 1-4; H. Romberg, Rechèrches theoriques et pratiques sur les fusées pour projectiles creux. Description des fusées en usage. Étude sur les fusées a double effet, Brussels 1871, pp. 158, 188, 227, pl. II, fig. 16, pl. III, figs. 12-13, pl. V, fig. 2; J.M. Obreen et al., handwritten inventory list for items 944 to 1431, 1884, manuscript in HNA 476 RMA, inv. no. 1089, no. 1267; W.G.M.H. Canisius, ‘De ontwikkeling van scheepsgeschut bij de Nederlandse marine in 1780-1880’, Erfgoed van Industrie en Techniek 2 (1993), no. 2, pp. 43-62, no. 3, pp. 80-87, p. 60

Citation

J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'Royal Laboratory, Box with Seven Shell Fuses, Woolwich, 1867 - 1872', in J. van der Vliet and A. Lemmers (eds.), Navy Models in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: https://data.rijksmuseum.nl/20054208

(accessed 22 mei 2026 17:04:02 UTC+0).

Footnotes

  • 1HNA 2.12.01 Min. Marine, Exh. 31/5/1872 N34A.
  • 2HNA 2.12.01 Min. Marine, Exh. 31/5/1872 N34A.
  • 3HNA 2.12.01 Min. Marine, Exh. 22/8/1874 N5A.