AAP General News (Australia)
04-01-1999
VIC: 300kg cannon stolen believed from Nelson s fleet
A 300-kg cannon believed to have been made for a ship in the fleet commanded by legendary
British Admiral HORATIO NELSON has been stolen from the Victorian coastal town of Port Fairy.
Police say they're puzzled by the theft of the cast-iron cannon, valued at $25,000 and
stolen from the entrance of the Battery Point historical park sometime this week.
Portland police say the thieves unscrewed eight bolts and removed metal staples from over
the cannon's wheels, and would have needed a crane or forklift to carry it away.
The cannon was recovered from the ship, SIR JOHN BYNG, that was wrecked off the Victorian
coast in 1862, but that was originally made for one of NELSON's ships, the HMS PHANTOME.
Police are NOT treating the theft as an April Fool's Day joke.
AAP RTV gf/ra/msk/mcm
KEYWORD: CANNON (MELBOURNE)
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