Back مدفع الدردنيل Arabic Şahi (silah) Azerbaijani Dardanellengeschütz German Cañón de los Dardanelos Spanish توپ داردانل (اسلحه) Persian Canon des Dardanelles French Meriam Raksasa Turki ID Cannone dei Dardanelli Italian ダーダネルス砲 Japanese 다르다넬스 대포 Korean
| Basillica | |
|---|---|
 Dismantled Dardanelles Gun at Fort Nelson, Hampshire, overlooking Portsmouth | |
| Type | Bombard |
| Service history | |
| Used by | Ottoman Empire |
| Wars | Dardanelles operation |
| Production history | |
| Designer | Munir Ali[1] |
| Designed | 1464[2] |
| Specifications | |
| Mass | 16,800 kg (37,000 lb)[2] |
| Barrel length | 518 cm (204 in)[1] |
| Diameter | 1,054 mm (41.5 in) |
| Caliber | 918 mm (36.1 in)[1] |
| Action | slow match |
| Elevation | none |
| Traverse | none |
| Feed system | muzzle loader |
The Dardanelles Gun[3] or Great Turkish Bombard[2] (Turkish: Şahi topu or simply Şahi) is a 15th-century siege cannon, specifically a super-sized bombard, which saw action in the 1807 Dardanelles operation.[4] It was built in 1464 by Ottoman military engineer Munir Ali and modelled after Basillica, the Orban bombard that was used for the Ottoman besiegers of Constantinople in 1453.
- ^ a b c Schmidtchen (1977b), pp. 226–228
- ^ a b c "Gun - Turkish Bombard Also referred to as the Dardanelles gun and the Great Bronze Gun. Two large bronze pieces, the smaller powder chamber cast at one end with a screw thread to engage the female thread of the larger piece". Royal Armouries collections. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
- ^ Ffoulkes (1930), pp. 217–227; Schmidtchen (1977b), pp. 226–228
- ^ Schmidtchen (1977b), p. 228
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