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	Ye Olde Booke O' Seadogs: Guns
		This, with a preference for the longer range culverins and demi-culverins, proved a decisive factor in the defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588.
		Culverin, This was of smaller caliber relative to its length and therefore of greater range.
		The culverin type of gun was preferred for arming ships during the 16th century rather than the heavy and comparatively unwieldy cannon and demi-cannon.
	www.vamos-wentworth.org /seadog/seadog.php?menu=parts&subject=guns (718 words)

	cannon - Article and Reference from OnPedia.com
		In the 16th century the "Great Guns" were classified according to size, with such names as "cannon royal" (see Tsar Cannon), "demi-cannon", "culverin", "demi-culverin", "falcon", "falconer", "minion" etc., but by the 18th century they were classified by the weight of the round shot that they fired.
		Smaller guns included the 18-pound (8 kg) culverin, 12-pounders (5 kg), 9 pounders (4 kg) and 6-pounders (3 kg).
		The gun barrel was mounted on a wheeled carriage balanced on two "trunnions", the short metal projections on either side of the barrel invented by an unknown Dutchman.
	www.onpedia.com /encyclopedia/cannon (1191 words)

	Cannon
		In the 16th century the "Great Guns" were classified according to size with such names as "cannon royal," "demi-cannon," "culverin," "demi-culverin," "falcon," "falconer," "minion," &c., but by the 18th century they were classified by the weight of the round shot that they fired.
		Smaller guns were 18-pounders (culverin), 12-pounders, 9 pounders and 6-pounders.
		The gun barrel is mounted on a wheeled carriage balanced on two trunions, the short metal projections on either side of the barrel, the invention of some unknown Dutchman.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ca/Cannon.html (662 words)

	Ships Arms (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		In the 16th century the "Great Guns" were classified according to size with such names as:- Cannon royal, Cannon, Demi cannon, Culverin, Demi-Culverin, Falcon, Falconer, Minion, etc. but by the 18th century they were classified by the weight of the round shot that they fired.
		Thus the demi cannon was described as a 32-pounder.
		The gun barrel is mounted on a wheeled carriage, as shown in the drawing, balanced on two trunions, the short metal projections on either side of the barrel, the invention of some unknown Dutchman.
	www.dauntlessprivateers.com /ships_arms.htm (1132 words)

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		Culverins can be used against infantry with some success but they are not exactly best used like that.
		Demi cannons are massive contraptions that are set up and not moved until the siege is over.
		Demi culverins are smaller versions of the culverin.
	www.totalwar.org /strategy/twug/mtw/C15.html (802 words)

	The Spanish Galleons
		The Ark Royal, commissioned by Sir Walter Raleigh circa 1580, possessed a length of 140 feet with a hundred-foot keel, a beam of thirty-seven feet, and four masts.
		She weighed five hundred tons and carried thirty-eight guns: twenty-two culverins and sixteen demi-culverins.
		Some Spanish galleons carried as many as thirty-six guns: sixteen culverins on the lowerdeck, twelve demi-culverins on the upper deck, and eight sakers.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/pirates/103044/2 (416 words)

	Cannon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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		Smaller guns were 18-pounders (8 kg) culverin, 12-pounders (5 kg), 9 pounders (4 kg) and 6-pounders (3 kg).
		The gun barrel is mounted on a wheeled carriage balanced on two "trunnions", the short metal projections on either side of the barrel, the invention of some unknown Dutchman.
	www.encyclopedia-online.info /Cannon (998 words)

	THE ARMING OF BATTLE SHIPS #2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Omitting the old fashioned cannon-periers, which were obsolete by that date, and the port-pieces, the principal guns were demi-cannon (32pdr), culverin (18pdr) and demi-culverin (9pdr), and most were muzzle loaders.
		The time-honoured names cannon-royal, culverin, falcon and the like were obsolete and guns were classified according to the weight of their shot.
		Since the proportions of each part of a gun were based on its calibre, and that in turn was dependent on the diameter (and therefore the weight) of the shot, classification by shot weight was convenient, simple and readily understood.
	website.lineone.net /~cherbil/Guns/guns2.htm (5926 words)

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		Culverins, musketeers, and dragoons become available for muster, and explosive shells may now be used in cannons.
		Culverin: Artillery; Mel +2, Missile +6, Def 12, Hits 2, Mor +4, Move 0(2), Missile Threat Range: 18-20/x3, base range = 8; Artillery; Muster: 8 GB.
		Adds +1 to the fumble range of cannons (1-3 for bombards, 1-2 for demi-culverins and culverins), and gives a base fumble range of 1 for catapults.
	home.earthlink.net /~birthright/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/waracademy.doc (2625 words)

	EN World - Morrus' D&D / d20 News & Reviews Site - Seas of Blood Ship Combat Question
		And when damage was rolled, the enemy vessel had literally ceased to exist.
		A sloop is listed as carrying a broadside of 8 culverin -- each doing 2d4 of structural damage.
		This means that a slightly-above-average broadside from one sloop at close range will completely destroy (not disable, not set to sinking, but completely eradicate from the waves) another sloop.
	www.enworld.org /printthread.php?t=85483 (487 words)

	Sovereign of the Seas 1638 : Ships : History : Royal Navy
		38 demi-culverin drakes 4 demi-culverins 2 culverin drakes
		Notes: The culverin was a long barrelled cannon widely used in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries.
		Navies favoured this weapon because it was relatively light and manoeuvrable compared with full size cannon.
	www.royal-navy.mod.uk /server.php?show=nav.3899 (428 words)

	EN World - Morrus' D&D / d20 News & Reviews Site - General - Characters, Background for High Seas Shenanigans
		War Galleons are the principle heavy warships of the Holy Santoric Empire.
		The sloop of war is a the smallest of the three masted warships, and slightly larger than the classic sloop, while maintaining many of its virtues.
		Sloops of War are also the smallest ships to mount the 18 pounder culverins, giving this vessel extra punch over its rivals.
	www.enworld.org /showthread.php?p=2433157 (3468 words)

	Cannon
		English cannon, like others, were given names that indicated their sizes.
		Falcon, saker, demi-culverin, culverin, demi-cannon, cannon and basilisc described calibres from 2-1/2" up to 8-3/4", and weights from 800 lb up to 9000 lb.
		The middle-of-the-range culverin was 5-1/2" calibre (about a 20pdr), with a range of 460 yards point-blank, and 2650 yards when elevated by 10
	www.du.edu /~jcalvert/tech/cannon.htm (11359 words)

	The Geometry of War: Catalogue No. 2
		The arc of this early English sector carries an artillery table drawn up to record the size and weight of shot and the amount of powder required for different types of artillery.
		The table's data were never entered but 'The names of peeces' were listed in order of decreasing size: double cannon, double cannon of France, demi-cannon, demi-cannon of France, culverin, demi-culverin, saker, minion, falcon and falconet.
		The sector was a new instrument of the late 16th century, first publicized in a book by Thomas Hood published in London in 1598.
	www.mhs.ox.ac.uk /geometry/cat2.htm (296 words)

	Ship's from the Age of Sail database listing
		She took part in the Spanish Armada engagement, while under command of the nobleman-privateer, the Earl of Cumberland.
		Henry VIII's flagship was one of the first purpose-built warships with cannons firing through gun ports.
		She was rebuilt in 1536, increasing her armament to 91 guns, including culverins, demi-culverins, sakers and falcons.
	www.ageofsail.net /aosshipa.asp (7245 words)

	The English Civil War Society of America Home Page
		1 Culverin, 1 Demi-Culverin, 5 Sakers, 2 Minions, 2 Bastard-Falcons, 2 Wooden Blinders (Mantlets, each with 7 small leather guns).
		1 Culverin, 1 Demi-Culverin, 6 Sakers, 10 Falcons & Minions
		The background concerning the troops lists, brigades to which they belong, strengths, coat colors, experience, and initial deployment prior to the battle, as well as other details of the battle itself, is based upon a variety of contemporary sources.
	www.ecwsa.org /histbattleofcropredybridge.html (4001 words)

	Richard's Photo Gallery - Pevensey (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		A good audio tour of the remains is available.
		The picture shows a 'demi culverin' made for the Civil War.
		Pevensey has long represented something of a problem in the defense of Britain.
	www.ee.surrey.ac.uk /Personal/R.Clarke/Pics/Sussex/Pevensey (196 words)

	Armor RE:Translation difficulties StrategyPage.com
		To REALLY get lost in translations, look up where we got "cannon" from, the days of the fighting sails.
		Ships were armed with bombards, culverin, cannon, demi-culverin, demi-cannon, and a whole bevy of names to label their shot weapons.
		Somewhere along the way, it was decided that the best firepower per size/weight ratio came from the culverin and cannon weapons, and over time "cannon" came to be the common name.
	www.strategypage.com /messageboards/messages/2-7853.asp (189 words)

	English Ordnance 1626 to 1643.
		Calibre to a maximum of eight and a half inch with the heaviest cannons a Basilisk of 1587 weighting nine thousand pounds, having a calibre of eight and one quarter inch.
		Not until 1639 are cannons with a calibre of fourteen inches listed with a reinforced Bastard Double Culverin (Basilisk) attributed with a weight of fourteen thousand six hundred and sixty pounds.
		Military personnel's income varied with the level of political or military tension.
	www.portsdown.demon.co.uk /ord.htm (899 words)

	Trivia Question #2 for December :: Legio Draconis :: Art of Combat!
		The list of words were all forms of cannon, taken from a list of English Ordnance, from the time of Queen Elizabeth and King James I. The full list, from smallest Bore of the cannon to the largest, reads:
		Rabinet (1" bore, 300 pounds), Serpentine, Falconet, Falcon, Minion, Sacar, Bastard Culverin, Demi-Culverin, Basilisk, Culverin, Cannon Petro, Demi-Cannon, Bastard Cannon, Cannon Serpentine, Cannon, and Cannon Royal (8.5" bore, 8000 pounds weight).
		The earliest cannons were made from iron bars that were welded together, strengthened by metal hoops, and were covered with leather.
	www.legiodraconis.com /modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=2776 (556 words)

	Correspondence of the siege - Chestochova 1655
		Work zigzagging to redoubt R4 began the night of 12 December, and finished before dawn on the 14th Dec. on R4B which significantly further advanced the northern approaches to the fort.
		They emplaced into the newly built redoubt R4-B a powerful demi- culverin 24pdr (IA24).
		The Swedes opened fire on 14 December with the aim to breach bastion BIII Saint Rocha.
	www.kismeta.com /diGrasse/Czestochowa/correspondence_of_siege3.htm (4230 words)

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		With the yew bow and cloth-yard shaft at Cressy and Agincourt--with the brown bill and pike under the brave Lord Willoughby--with culverin and demi-culverin against Spaniards and Dutchmen--with hand-grenade and sabre, and musket and bayonet, under Rodney and St.
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