Editing Congreve rocket (section)

==Surviving rockets==

As a weapon, Congreve rockets remained in regular use until the 1850s, when they were superseded by the improved spinning design of [[William Hale (British inventor)#Rocketry|William Hale]].  In the 1870s, Congreve rockets were used to carry rescue lines to [[ship|vessels]] in distress, gradually superseding the [[Manby Mortar|mortar of Captain Manby]] that had been in operation from 1808 and rockets designed by John Dennett (1780–1852) that had been deployed in the late 1820s. These were first used to carry out a rescue in 1832 and used in the ''Irex'' rescue as late as 1890.<ref>{{cite web|title= Dennet|url= https://iwhiddenheroes.org.uk/john-dennett-1780-1852/|website= www.ihiddenheroes.org.uk|date= 18 January 2018|access-date= 19 March 2021}}</ref>

A wide variety of Congreve rockets were displayed at [[Firepower - The Royal Artillery Museum]]<ref>At the Royal Artillery Museum, Woolwich under catalogue numbers 20/6 to 20/16 and 20/47; at the Royal Engineers Museum, Chatham under accession number 5501.4.3</ref> in South-East London, ranging in size from {{convert|3|to|300|lb}}.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Beckland |first=Millard |title=Congreve and his works |journal=Journal of the British Interplanetary Society |volume=45 |pages=281–284 |publisher=British Interplanetary Society |year=1992 }}
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The [[Science Museum (London)|Science Museum]] has two eighteenth-century Indian war rockets in its collection. The [[Musée national de la Marine]] in Paris also features one rocket. The Stonington Historical Society in [[Stonington, Connecticut]], has one rocket in their collection that was fired at the town by the British in August 1814 during the Battle of Stonington.<br />
Other examples in the United States can be seen at The [[Smithsonian Museum|Smithsonian National Museum]]<ref>Catalogue number 77229M</ref> and the Fort McHenry Museum.<ref>Exhibit reference FMOC 2150</ref> The [[Wittenburg]] Museum in Germany has a later-era rocket, and there is a reproduction of it in the [[Leipzig]] Museum; there is also one in a private collection in Leipzig.<br />
[[Puke Ariki]] hold a corroded example of a Congreve / Boxer rocket used by British forces during the [[First Taranaki War]] (1860–1861) in New Zealand, found in a swamp at Manukorihi; the village destroyed in 1860.<ref>{{cite web |title=Rocket, Congreve |website=Puki Ariki |location=New Plymouth |publisher=New Plymouth District Council |date=2025 |url=https://collection.pukeariki.com/objects/21172/rocket-congreve |access-date=8 March 2025}}</ref>