Hotchkiss Revolving Cannon
Hotchkiss 37-mrn Revolving Cannon on Naval Deck Mount.
In 1884, the business having outgrown the St. Denis factory, a connection was made with William Armstrong & Co. of England for the manufacture of Hotchkiss guns at the Elswick works. At the height of his fame on 11 February 1885. Hotchkiss died. For a while the company was operated under a trusteeship, but in 1887 the affairs of both companies were plated under the control of the French corporation, and renamed respectively the Société Anonyme des Anciens Etablissements Hotchkiss et Cic. of France and the Hotc hkiss Ordnance Co. Etd. in England. In
1891 the company acquired certain patent rights allowing it to manufacture magazine small arms and automatic machine guns. For this, thev built o J
a separate fac tory outside Paris.
From the establishment of the original company to the building of the new plant to produce automatic guns, the firm built and delivered to the French Navy alone, over I0,0U0 revolving cannon and 4,000,000 rounds of ammunition. The revolving cannon was used by practically every navy in the world at one time or another, including Germany, England, Holland, Italy,
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