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Toy soldiers and real battles: Fate of Sevastopol cannons

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Saturday, July 10, 2021

Fate of Sevastopol cannons

The British sent cannons seized at Sevastopol (Siege of Sevastopol (1854–1855)) to many towns in Britain, and several important cities across the Empire, including the British Isles: Armagh, Aberdeen, Ashton-under-Lyne, Bamburgh, Banff, Bath, Berkswell, Berwick, Birkenhead, Birr, Blackburn, Boston, Braddan, Bradford, Bridgenorth, Bridgewater, Brighton, Bristol, Burnley, Caernarfon, Carlisle, Cambridge, Canterbury, Cardiff, Cardigan, Carlow, Carmarthen, Chelmsford, Cheltenham, Chester, Chobham, Cobh, Congleton, Coventry, Cricklade, Darlington, Dartmouth, Derby, Dublin, Dudley, Dumbarton, Dumfries, Dunfermline, Dun Laoghaire, Durham, Edinburgh, Ely, Ennis, Eton, Evesham, Flint Castle, Galway, Glasgow, Grantham, Great Yarmouth, Guernsey, Halifax, Harrogate, Hartlepool, Hastings, Hereford, Huntingdon, Knaresborough, Leamington Spa, Leicester, Leominster, Lewes, Lichfield, Limerick, Linlithgow, Lisburn, London, Londonderry, Lowestoft, Ludlow, Lymington, Maidstone, Malmesbury, Malton, Margate, Middlesbrough, Monmouth, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Newry, Nottingham, Oldham, Plymouth, Pontefract, Portsmouth, Preston, Reading, Retford, Ripon, Rochester, Salford, Manchester, Sandhurst, Scarborough, Shaftesbury, Sheffield, Southampton, Southsea, South Shields, Stockport, Stockton, Stoke on Trent, Sunderland, Swansea, Taunton, Tiverton, Tralee, Trim, Walsall, Warrington, Waterford, Welling, Wells, Whitby, Winchester, Wolverhampton, Woolwich, Wootton Bassett, Wrexham, and York. 
I added some photos of Sevastopol cannons displayed in Irish towns: Cobh,  Trim, Dun Laoghaire and Tralee.
                                                                               Cobh (Ireland)


 Cobh (Ireland)
                                                                        Cobh (Ireland)
 Cobh (Ireland)

 Cobh (Ireland)


Tralee (Ireland)


Dun Laoghaire (Ireland)


Trim (Ireland)


Trim (Ireland)


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