1829 Gun by junge1

Photography • Military • posted on Sep 19, 2009

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Description

This gun is located at the pier at Vaiare, Moorea. While I was waiting for the ferry to Tahiti I roamed around and took pictures. This gun caught my eye. It was just there with several scooters parked around it. I would have ignored it if I hadn't seen the AN 1829 on the barrel. This raised my interest, so I took a picture. When I returned from this trip I tried to find information about its origin and I had a difficult time finding anything. Finally I found a French article and gathered the following information: Since the 1992 ongoing planning and upgrading of the Papeete Port Facilities almost 30 guns have been located. This particular gun was found under a 2 meter layer of silt in the Tipearui River. Apparently this gun is a howitzer model 1827. It is apparently a French naval gun with a 2.95 meter long barrel. No other information was available. This picture was taken on 14 August 2009. Thank you for viewing, commenting, and favs, Sig...

Comments (35)

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shadownet

12:27AM | Sat, 19 September 2009

Big gun! I suspect 30 of them might have made weight anchor in the harbor uninvited a bit nervous.

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Faemike55

12:29AM | Sat, 19 September 2009

Nice shot! (if you pardon the pun) You might want to check out any diaries from that era! Excellent photo!

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bimm3d

12:35AM | Sat, 19 September 2009

wonderful photo!!!

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MagikUnicorn

12:36AM | Sat, 19 September 2009

I IKE THIS WONDERFUL SHOT

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blinkings

1:55AM | Sat, 19 September 2009

I bet that would have packed a punch.

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Buffalo1

2:00AM | Sat, 19 September 2009

No why would anyone throw away 30 perfectly good pieces of artillery? OK, they were out of date and dumped like a lot of old equipment. Glad they saved this one and delighted you got a picture of it!

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jeroni

2:20AM | Sat, 19 September 2009

Excellent work and perfect realisation

tpx1

2:37AM | Sat, 19 September 2009

nice shot

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flora-crassella

2:48AM | Sat, 19 September 2009

DAS ist ein wunderbarer Kontrast!!!!! Schönes Foto!!!!!

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renecyberdoc

2:50AM | Sat, 19 September 2009

a big mother for his times,considering the structures it was maybe shooting at. great one.

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bazza

4:05AM | Sat, 19 September 2009

Superb capture that is one big gun, superb work!!

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lyron

6:44AM | Sat, 19 September 2009

Very cool image!!

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flavia49

7:46AM | Sat, 19 September 2009

Great capture!! it looks lost in modernity!

frankie96

9:18AM | Sat, 19 September 2009

Bet that thing is a heavy puppy to haul around...

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kgb224

9:46AM | Sat, 19 September 2009

Wonderful capture my friend.

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NoobasaurUS

10:25AM | Sat, 19 September 2009

Fascinating information and image!!!! Excellent research work finding out about its origins!!! Super clear photo!!!! Outstanding job!!!!!!!

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junge1

11:10AM | Sat, 19 September 2009

I would still like to know how the guns got there in the first place? How did they end up where they did? In the early 1800s the British missionaries were there and they were busy converting the locals to Protestant Christians, but France had an interest to convert the locals to Catholocism. In 1836 a French naval vessel under Admiral du Petit-Thours arrived in Papeete and demanded indemnity for a previous expulsion of Catholic missionaries from Tahiti. Queen Pomare, the ruler, paid money under threat of naval bombardment and later was forced to sign an agreement that would allow French missionaries to spread Catholicism. Admiral du Petit-Thours returned to Polynesia in 1842 and annexed The Marquesas Islands and Tahiti as well. This act almost led to a war between Britain and France and marked the beginning of colonialism in the South Pacific. Are these guns from one of the French naval vessels? They seemed to have been forgotten until they were dicovered during the upgrading of the Papeete Port Facilities in the early 1990s.

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