The first cast iron cannon made in England was cast in 1543 by Ralf Hogge, an employee of Parson William Levett, a Sussex rector with broad interests, paradoxically enough, in the emerging English armaments industry.
After Levett's death, Hogge went into business for himself, producing cannons with the process he had helped perfect.
Ralf Jaros | Ralf Little | Ralf Souquet | Ralf Schumann | Ralf König | James Myles Hogge | Ralf van Bühren | Ralf Rocchigiani | Ralf Reski | Ralf Rangnick | Ralf Pedersen | Ralf Kleinmann | Ralf Husmann | Ralf Hotchkiss | Ralf Hogge | Ralf Gothóni | Ralf Fücks | Ralf Dahrendorf |