~ HMS Centaur 1916 C Class Light Cruiser Main Battery Gun Tompion ~
The bronze gun tampon, also known as a tampion or tompion, is a muzzle cover designed to fit into the end of a gun barrel. This would have been fitted to one of the two main 6 inch guns.
It features a centaur holding a trident above an anchor tipped scroll. In Greek mythology, the horse is the attribute of the Greek sea god Poseidon, who is said to have created it with his trident.
~ HMS Centaur ~
HMS Centaur was a C-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy that served in the First World War and the Russian Civil War. She was the name ship of the Centaur group of the C-class of cruisers.
Upon being commissioned into the Royal Navy in August 1916, Centaur was assigned to the 5th Light Cruiser Squadron, which operated as a part of Harwich Force in the North Sea to defend the eastern approaches to the Strait of Dover and English Channel. On 5 June 1917 she and the light cruisers HMS Canterbury and HMS Conquest sank the German torpedo boat S20 in the North Sea near the Schouwen Bank off Zeebrugge, Belgium. On 13 June 1918 she struck a mine and had to undergo repairs at Hull.
~ Dimensions ~
Measures 20cm diameter
~ Condition ~
This ships tompion is in good condition. Please see photographs as part of the condition report.
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