100 lb Parrot Armor Piercing round

[Woodstock74]

Scouring the net and can't find any images or dimensions. Anyone have that handy? I'm assuming a solid AP/anti-ironclad round was available for the 100 lb Parrott?

 

[J.H. Moose]

Scouring the net and can't find any images or dimensions. Anyone have that handy? I'm assuming a solid AP/anti-ironclad round was available for the 100 lb Parrott?

I'm assuming you're referring to an "armor-puncher" bolt, hope this helps

 

[USS ALASKA]

Just for comparison...

US Parrott 100 pdr Flat Nose Bolt (p. 170)

US Parrott 100 pdr Flat Nose Bolt, fired from the 100-Pounder Parrott Rifle, 6.4-inch Caliber. Diameter 6.3 inches; length about 13 inches; weight about 75 pounds; Brass Ring, Type 2 sabot. Photographs and specifications.

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US Parrott 100 pdr Bolt (p. 171)

US Parrott 100 pdr Bolt, fired from the Rifled and banded 32-pounder Smoothbore, 6.4-inch Caliber. Diameter 6.3 inches; length about 9 3/4 inches; weight about 71 pounds; Brass, Type 1 sabot. Photographs and specifications.

www.civilwarartillery.com

US Parrott 100 pdr Bolt (p. 172)

US Parrott 100 pdr Bolt, fired from the 100-Pounder Parrott Rifle, 6.4-inch Caliber. Diameter 6.3 inches; length about 13 3/8 inches; weight about 92 pounds; Brass, Type 1 sabot. Photographs and specifications.

www.civilwarartillery.com

The above from...

Parrott Heavy Artillery Projectiles: Photo Gallery

Parrott bolts and shells from the 4.2-inch 30-pounder to the 10-inch 300-pounder, each photo linked to a detail page, with a Robert Parker Parrott biography.

www.civilwarartillery.com

TYPE: CONFEDERATE REED SHELL

IDENTIFICATION: Very similar to the Federal Parrott. Confederate projectiles normally have either an iron or copper band(sabot). Some (see photo) have dual, raised bearing Surfaces above the sabot on projectile body.

FUZE: Percussion or time.

FILLER: Black powder bursting charge.

SIZES: 2. 5-Inch to 6. 4-inch calibers noted.

REMARKS: Also found in solid shot and case shot. Projectile in original form was actually the forerunner of the Federal Parrott round. The Reed (also found spelled Read) was probably one of the most common Confederate rifled bore projectiles.

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HTHs,
USS ALASKA

 

[redbob]

Here is a picture of the 6.4" (100#) Parrott "Bottlenose Bolt which has thrown it's sabot and its direct Confederate Competition the 7" Selma Brooke Bolt.

 

[J.H. Moose]

Here is a picture of the 6.4" (100#) Parrott "Bottlenose Bolt which has thrown its sabot and its direct Confederate Competition the 7" Selma Brooke Bolt.View attachment 520325View attachment 520326

Now those are some handsome old warriors. I wonder how effective the heavy federal bolts actually were against armor, it seems like a majority of their use was against fortifications.

 

[redbob]

Now those are some handsome old warriors. I wonder how effective the heavy federal bolts actually were against armor, it seems like a majority of their use was against fortifications.

By the time of the Civil War, armored warships had reached the point where the damage from being struck by bolts seemed to be primarily internal with the external armor being pushed backwards. If the internal backing was wooden, wooden splinters would be flying around and in union monitors iron bolts would do the damage I imagine being inside of any armored ship struck by a heavy bolt would be much like having your head in a bucket with someone hitting it with a baseball bat.

 

[J.H. Moose]

By the time of the Civil War, armored warships had reached the point where the damage from being struck by bolts seemed to be primarily internal with the external armor being pushed backwards. If the internal backing was wooden, wooden splinters would be flying around and in union monitors iron bolts would do the damage I imagine being inside of any armored ship struck by a heavy bolt would be much like having your head in a bucket with someone hitting it with a baseball bat.

Very true. On one hand, you certainly don't want to be on the receiving end of one, but on the other, you're not much safer firing it out a 100# Parrott… given their track record

 

[redbob]

Very true. On one hand, you certainly don't want to be on the receiving end of one, but on the other, you're not much safer firing it out a 100# Parrott… given their track record

How true, their track record wasn't that exemplary.