[Pharmboy]

Thanks to blam for sending this article's link to me. Very interesting stuff.

[doc1019]

Somebody dropped it?

[Billthedrill]

An archaeologist is taking a second look at a small cannon found by fishermen off the Virginia coast more than two decades ago in hopes of determining how it got to the bottom of the ocean — and who left it there.

I can help them with the first question. Cannons sink.

BTT...

[Pharmboy]

Four 16th-Century naval guns (or replicas)
on display at Mary Rose Museum, Portsmouth,
UK. Far two are culverin near two are demi-cannon.

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[Oratam]

CROTOAN

[gondramB]

>>Archaeologist takes 2nd look at cannon Found off Virginia coast. How did it get there? <<

It evolved from a slightly older, almost identical cannon?

[Fudd Fan]

Fascinating. Thanks for posting this!

[NathanR]

Ever heard the term “loose cannon”? Maybe this was simply a loose cannon which was allowed to fall overboard.

Also, just because a cannon was made in the 1580’s, doesn’t mean that it was not on a ship that was sailing 40 years later.

[SunkenCiv]

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