68-pounder Lancaster guns were a British rifled muzzle-loading cannon of the 1850s that fired a 68-pound shell. [1] It was designed by Charles William Lancaster. [2] The cannon was designed with an oval bore and had a range of about 6,500 yd (5.9 km). [3] The gun had a tendency to burst and jam. [4] [2]
They were fitted in pairs to the Arrow-class gunvessel and were used during the Crimean War. [1] [2]
The muzzle of a Lancaster gun survives in the collection of the Royal Armouries at Fort Nelson. [2]