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Nordenfelt Machine Guns

Thread starter Gutaway
Start date Feb 22, 2007

Gutaway

Midshipman

Feb 22, 2007

How long was the Nordenfelt guns used on royal navy ships?

andym

War Hero

Feb 22, 2007

In 1888 they merged with the Maxim Company and the gun was superseeded by the Maxim machine gun.There is a Nordenfeldt gun with a date stamp of 1890 on it in the National maritme museum.
http://www.nmm.ac.uk/collections/explore/object.cfm?ID=AAA2608

Salty-Dog

War Hero

Feb 22, 2007

According to below link RN first used it in 1881:

www.thurrock.gov.uk/heritage/content.php?page=factfiles_details&id=53 - 15k

Was still in use 1906 but not sure for how long after.

Recently saw one at RM Museum at Eastney.

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