[cannon] Sebastopol was the name of a large artillery mortar commissioned by the Ethiopian Emperor Tewodros II. The name was taken from the Crimean town Sevastopol, the site of a battle during the Crimean War. The mortar weighed approximately 6.7 tons, and was capable of firing off half-ton artillery rounds. Tewodros, in an attempt to speed... Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sebastopol_(cannon)
[ship] Sebastopol was a New Zealand immigrant clipper ship of 992 tons, built in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, Canada. She made two voyages to New Zealand in 1861 and 1863 sailing from Gravesend, England to Lyttelton, Christchurch with immigrants for the Canterbury Provincial Government. The first journey departed on 5 September 1861 from Grave... Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sebastopol_(ship)