Sunken chest recovered and cannon

[Darren in NC]

Fort George a local historical spot, but interesting pieces here. The mystery "chest" is actually a safe made in France in the mid-1800s.

 

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[old man]

Nice Darren. Thanks. Where is ft. George?

 

[Darren in NC]

The cannon date much earlier than the chest. The first photo of the cannon is an online pic. The rest are mine.

 

[Darren in NC]

Ft. George is in Port of Spain, the capital of Trinidad. It is claimed the cannon have never been fired. I would love to know what EPAC stands for on the chest.

 

[Enginefitter]

Fantastic pics and story, Thanks Darren.

Engine

 

[ARC]

EPA = Enlisted Payroll Agent ? (agent?... / ?)
C= chest I.D. ?

 

[Salvor6]

It would be in French, not English.

 

[ivan salis]

uh king George the third --king of England ... for the cannon ...the chest is clearly French made by the language on it
...

 

[aquanut]

uh king George the third --king of England ... for the cannon ...the chest is clearly French made by the language on it
...

King George's cannons in Fort George? What a coincidence! A French Safe on a French ship? What a coincidence!

 

[Boatlode]

Misleading thread title. At least he didn't try to claim he found the stuff.

 

[releventchair]

https://blackbag.toool.nl/?p=117

Note the rivet positions near key holes being out of line in Darren's picture.

". The key holes are hidden behind 3 rivets of the front side, you need to know witch one to move to use the first key , once inserted the second rivet automatically moves out leaving the second key hole available, for the second key , then you can insert the third one, finally opening the lock Â…."
(https://www.proxibid.com/asp/LotDetail.asp?ahid=1203&aid=15906&lid=4189776)

Other claims have the company building in the eighteen hundreds as well.

 

[Smithbrown]

You can tighten the date of the cannon. It's a Blomefield gun, not introduced until 1787, but not going into real production until 1791 and not many cast after 1815. The maker's mark would have been on the other trunnion- I would guess it is likely to be WCo. Certainly cast for the French Wars, which effectively ended 200 years ago today, with the defeat of Napoleon at Waterloo.

 

[BVI Hunter]

 

[Darren in NC]

Misleading thread title.

Hmm...description of chest says it was believed to be recovered from a French shipwreck. And there were cannon on site as well. Not sure how to title it any other way.

 

[Darren in NC]

You can tighten the date of the cannon. It's a Blomefield gun, not introduced until 1787, but not going into real production until 1791 and not many cast after 1815. The maker's mark would have been on the other trunnion- I would guess it is likely to be WCo. Certainly cast for the French Wars, which effectively ended 200 years ago today, with the defeat of Napoleon at Waterloo.

I am thrilled you chimed in, Smithbrown. Thanks for the details!

 

[Smithbrown]

Forgot to say almost certainly a 12 pounder. My pleasure, Darren.

 

[Boatlode]

Hmm...description of chest says it was believed to be recovered from a French shipwreck. And there were cannon on site as well. Not sure how to title it any other way.

No worries Darren, my mistake. I clicked on the thread expecting to see newly recovered finds, not a museum display. You could have titled it "Sunken chest and cannon on display in Trinidad", and I still would have looked at it.

 

[Rivers rat]

En voila un autre

Coffre-fort en fer avec ses 3 clés. Epoque 19ème siècle. Dimensions: L61 H84 P42


CHARF is the brand

Blog about old chest:Le site des passionnés de coffres anciens


[https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=c...Cd8aRa3uHfKAEQzJGg6rbdgU&q=coffre fort ancien




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[Trez]

Ft. George is in Port of Spain, the capital of Trinidad. It is claimed the cannon have never been fired. I would love to know what EPAC stands for on the chest.

Darren,
EPAC is highlighted to the center right, maybe it has to do with how the cannon was to be mounted? Carriage/Cart.
Just a shot in the dark.

Regards,
Trez

 

[Rivers rat]

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