Captain Theophilus Alexander Blakely

Captain Blakely had tried unsuccessfully to sell his cannon to the British government and felt that Sir William George Armstrong had infringed upon his patents. Since Armstrong was appointed as superintendent of the Royal Gun Factory at Woolwich, Blakely decided not to offer any further cannon. Approximately two of the four-hundred guns that Blakely had produced were made of steel and the other half were manufactured with cast-iron strengthened by steel. The Confederacy purchased a number of Blakely rifles from 2.5-inch caliber to the large 12.75-inch Blakely used in Charleston, South Carolina.  Two 4.5-inch caliber Blakely's were used at Fort Pulaski in Savannah, Georgia.  Blakely had no means to manufacture his cannon and relied solely on others for their manufacture. Fawcett, Preston, & Company, Low Moor Iron Company, and the Blakely Ordnance Company of London (Blakely was thought to have interest) were the main foundries responsible for producing Blakely rifles. Most Blakely rifles have the "hook-slant" rifling similar to the Brooke system.  Below are some examples of the Blakely projectile.

3.5-inch Blakely Shell
4.0-inch Blakely Shell
Blakely Sub-Pattern II
Blakely Sub-Pattern II
Blakely Sub-Pattern II
Blakely Sub-Pattern II