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To: indcons; Chani; thefactor; blam; aculeus; ELS; Doctor Raoul; mainepatsfan; timpad; ...

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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4 posted on 09/25/2007 6:39:02 PM PDT by Pharmboy ("Liberals love humanity but hate people" Dick Armey)
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8 posted on 09/25/2007 6:51:58 PM PDT by aculeus
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Of course, this thing is only 4’ long. Could be a 6-lber (why don’t they ID it that way?) or any other small-bore field cannon. Not sure about naval cannon; did they make small cannon like 6 lb (never mind swivel guns)?

I definitely wouldn’t discount this cannon, if it really is that old, being mounted on a much-later craft. And simply was jettisoned or “lost”.


13 posted on 09/26/2007 5:51:00 AM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue.)
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