The Congreve rocket was a British military weapon designed and developed by Sir William Congreve in 1804, based directly on Mysorean rockets. The Kingdom of Mysore in India used Mysorean rockets as a weapon against the British in the wars that they fought against the British East India Company. Lieutenant General Thomas Desaguliers, Colonel Commandant of the Royal Artillery in Woolwich,[1] was influenced by the reports about their effectiveness, and he undertook several unsuccessful experiments.
Group
Sculptural Figure(s)
Condition
Collector´s Extra Fine painted
Scale
Size 60 mm
Material
Metal-Alloy
Zeit von
Napoleonic
Time
Napoleonic
Nationality/Location
Great Britain
Not a toy! Not suitable for children under the age of 14!
