Interesting museum site......of note Whitworth projectile

[KABAR2]

This seems to be in the northern part of spain....... what is interesting is that during the Carlist war 70 Whitworth cannon were used.... nice diagram of a Whitworth shell and some other items....... worth a look.....
http://bertan.gipuzkoakultura.net/eu/18/en/16.php
So now we know where some of these cannon were sold...... no mention as to type - muzzel loader or breech loader... as usual the Spanish called the projectiles after names of fruit......" The shells were known popularly as cucumbers and gherkins" ......

[quickgun]

Nice pictures and some very interesting information.  Thanks for sharing. 


Carl

[steelcharge]

The Whitworths used by the spanish were muzzleloading mountain guns, 4.5cm caliber (around 1.8 inches so I think that translates to a 3 pounder). There could have been other types too but these are the only ones I've seen mentioned.
After the Third Carlist War, some of the Whitworth mountain guns were shipped to Philippines and used there in several campaigns on the islands of Mindanao and Luzon, up to the mid 1890s.

[KABAR2]

So it is possible that a period photo Cannonmn supplied in a post some time back of an arsenal in the  Philippines  of mountian guns during U.S. occupation may have been some of the Whitworths.....These things get around...... I wonder if any survive in either location.....

[steelcharge]

I'm not sure if the arsenal photo is a very blurry one that can be found in wikipedia, but if it is, I doubt it shows any of the Whitworths. The guns in that arsenal photo seem to be some filipino made wooden guns, smaller and bit larger spanish bronze pieces and some mortars. Some really rare photos exist of the Whitworths in action at Mindanao against some moro cottas.
I know there is atleast one survivor (no carriage) in some spanish museum and I think I have somewhere a photo or two of it, but can't find those photos anywhere at the moment.