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Ye Olde Booke O' Seadogs: Guns 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. Culverin, a typical example of which would be of 5-in. Culverin, This was of smaller caliber relative to its length and therefore of greater range. www.vamos-wentworth.org /seadog/seadog.php?menu=parts&subject=guns

C15.html Demi culverins are smaller versions of the culverin. 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. www.totalwar.org /strategy/twug/mtw/C15.html

Cannon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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 Smaller guns were 18-pounders (8 kg) culverin, 12-pounders (5 kg), 9 pounders (4 kg) and 6-pounders (3 kg). Hope for a calm day so you can continue to see your target. www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cannon

Cannon 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 English cannon, like others, were given names that indicated their sizes. www.du.edu /~jcalvert/tech/cannon.htm

Kirkham’s 700 year Charter Anniversary Our research shows that while not formally recorded as such, the ammunition supplied to armies in the field shows the light batteries being used as support weapons, firing grape and canister shot, while the demi culverin, saker and minion size, were just mobile enough to follow an army, and be useful at medium range. This was the smallest suitable for siege work, but we have borrowed a Culverin, "Bess". We have simplified our representation at major musters, to demonstrate the Grand Battery, of almost static artillery, and the Light batteries, which support the infantry in close to the enemy. www.pidham.vispa.com /lhr/artillery.htm

artillery There are many and various types of artillery too numerous to list but they were effectively divided into three sections: Field Pieces, The Culverin and her sisters ( Siege Pieces) and Murtherers. Field Pieces were the lighter end of the range and as their name implies, for use in field engagements. www.openrope.com /artillery.htm

Royal Navy 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 /rn/print.php?page=3511

Arms and Armour of the Roanoke Island Colonist - Heritage Education Program - National Park Service - Cape Hatteras Group Narratives omit the culverin (18 pounder) and the demi-culverin (9 pounder), both of which were probably mounted on the colonist' ships. The Roanoke Island colonists had many kinds of brass, bronze, and iron ordnance with vague or overlapping names. www.nps.gov /fora/arms.htm

Artillery Statistics Artillery crews consisted, for example, of three gunners and six matrosses (assistants) for a demi-cannon and two gunners and four matrosses for a culverin. Comparative sizes of cannon-barrel from top to bottom: cannon, demi-cannon, culverin, saker. As in I Samuel xx, 40: "And Jonathan gave his artillery unto his lad..."; thus Bariffe's Military Discipline, or the Yong Artilleryman (1635) is concerned only with the musket and pike, and Niccols' London Artillery (I616) is so termed because "the French word Infanterie would be scarce intelligible to any common Reader". myweb.tiscali.co.uk /kingslifeguard/Artilery%20Statistics.htm

Siege Group - Cannon The Culverin was of smaller calibre relative to its length and therefore of greater range and can be sub-divided into: The Demi-cannon was 6-inch calibre, though the same length and firing a 32-pound shot. 1) The Culverin, typically would be 5-inch calibre, firing a 17-pound shot. www.siegegroup.free-online.co.uk /cannon.htm

Richard's Photo Gallery - Pevensey The picture shows a 'demi culverin' made for the Civil War. A good audio tour of the remains is available. Pevensey has long represented something of a problem in the defense of Britain. www.ee.surrey.ac.uk /Personal/R.Clarke/Pics/Sussex/Pevensey

demi-culverin a culverin having a bore of about 4½ in. www.factmonster.com /ipd/A0403327.html

ships Mounting forward culverins or catapult or ballista, the galley mounts a beak with a ram that strikes at or below the waterline. It may mount a forward culverin or a ballista. The larger galleys will have other designations within our game that tell you they are multi deck and may mount castles. 66.199.181.9 /home/background/ships/ships.html

English Ordnance 1626 to 1643. 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. 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. Military personnel's income varied with the level of political or military tension. www.portsdown.demon.co.uk /ord.htm

Piracy! the game - Chronofus wargames scans For the 1700's, the general cannon sizes were 42lb, 32lb, 24lb, 18lb, 12lb, 9lb, 6lb, 4lb, 3lb and 1/2lb swivel guns, rather than culverin, demi culverin, saker, falconets etc of the 1600's. The gun type names also were changing to standard descriptions relating to the weight of the shot. At this point in time the guns were generally still brass and bronze, though through the 18th century cannon were increasingly made of iron. www.chronofus.net /wargames/piracy/cannons.htm

HISTORY AND ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE SHIP - LECTURE NOTES They were generally cast in bronze and given specific names and purposes, these included demi cannon, cannon perier and cannon which were intended for long range exchanges and culverin, culverin bastard demi culverin, saker and minion which were intended for short range. Each fired shot of a specific weight which formed the antecedent for the naval guns rated by pound weight as 32, 24, 18, 12 9, 6 and 3 pounders used for the next 250 years. By 1547 a complete range of high quality muzzle loading guns had been developed for naval use. cma.soton.ac.uk /HistShip/shlect90.htm

A GLOSSARY OF COLONIAL SPANISH NAUTICAL AND GEOGRAPHICAL TERMS - Odyssey Marine Exploration According to Pontillo (1975) the culverin (in English) could throw an eighteen pound ball point blank for seven hundred yards and at extreme range for aboutr 2 miles. A Culebrina Real was a "32 pounder" and the Doble Culebrina a "48 pounder" gun (Manucy1949). At extreme range, however, a shot reaching an enemy ship did little damage. shipwreck.net /glossary.html

Medieval total war Faction units It also carries cannons, culverins and demi-culverins, a contingent of soldiers and a large crew. Culverins can fire balls up to 45kg, but most generals prefer light pieces, as these are easier to transport to a battlefield. Culverins are long barrelled guns on light carriages. www.geocities.com /ihusselbee/crusader/lounits.htm

Diego Ufano Here follows how we provision for 15 days, with our 30 Peeces, being 9 Cannons, 8 Demi-Cannons, 6 Whole Culverins, 7 Sakers or Field Peeces. We ought to take council and know the mind of the Chief General of the enterprise and of his Councell of War. www.dimacleod.co.uk /history/diego.htm

The Spanish Galleons - Suite101.com 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. She weighed five hundred tons and carried thirty-eight guns: twenty-two culverins and sixteen demi-culverins. Yet, the most suitable gun for use on this vessel was the demi-culverin. www.suite101.com /article.cfm/pirates/103044

SK Knowledge Base - Civil War Artillery (Continued) Accepting the figure of 350 lbs pull per horse, a culverin would require a team of eleven, a demi-culverin ten, a saker seven, a minion four and a falcon two. Using the figures from “The Gunners Glass”, a culverin will stand half the height of the wheels plus half the thickness of the axle plus the depth of the cheeks - i.e. The demi-cannon would presumably have a team of 17 for the barrel and a cannon 20, both these weapons requiring a separate team of four to pull the carriages. www.sealedknot.org.uk /knowbase/docs/0018_Artillery2.htm

Fiasco II Regretfully it was time to go, and so collecting my baggage from Alan Lumley of Lancashire Games I left the Royal Armouries to the thunderous discharge of a demi culverin, reflecting on an enjoyable morning and very good show. The lads from Ilkley are certain certainly fans and are heavily engaged in developing and playtesting supplements for the rules including English Civil war and World War I. More of Froschwiller www.ecw.co.uk /ShowReviews/Fiasco/Fiasco.htm

New Page 1 It could refer to the two-storey Medieval Great Hall/ St Mary’s Chapel, which, according to the 1755 section (plate 2), had a flattened roof platform that would have been able to support the two culverin cannon (about 3m in length) and the four smaller demi-culverin cannon and iron sakers (small cannon, usually 1-2m in length). This included the first attempt to fortify the islet off St Helier, later to become Elizabeth Castle, where in October 1562 ‘ordinance and munitions in the new fort of the islet’ included three culverins and three demi-culverins with powder. To preserve this castle against ye hill, the parapett of ye Great Platforme requires to be raised 6 foot higher than ye parapett is att present and to make ye parapett 12 foot thick upon which Platforme may be planted 10 whole culverings and 8 demy culverings. www.jerseyheritage.com /N.Rushton.htm

John Wassell's Website Each ship was to have 2 brass Sakers (6 lb shot) 4 demi-culverins (9 lb shot) and 4 culverins (18 lb shot). This was achieved by using iron "drake" versions of demi-culverin and culverin. This was a remarkably heavy armament for ships of this size- the culverin being the standard lower gun deck armament of the biggest two-deckers of the time. homepages.which.net /~j.wassell/whelps.htm

Pirates of the Burning Sea Community Website - Naval Boom-Boom! Add Cannon, Demi-Cannon, Culverin, Demi-Culverin, Cannon of Seven, Seven-Barreled Guns, and Cannon Royale firing such varied ammunition as partridge, hammer, chain, star, langridge, double-headed, bar, expanding, case, canister, grape, stone, and round shot and you can see why selecting a ship's armament could give owners and captains grey hair. No, these are all types of guns carried onboard ships across the Age of Sail. You can read all about the history of these powerful weapons. www.burningseacommunity.com /modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=80

Government: EducationPress Releases The ships were armed mainly with the guns of the culverin and demi-culverin class, with weak shot and strong range, and the culverin which fired 17lb shot up to a distance of 330 yards or 2,400 paces. Walter Sparrow appeared in "Robin Hood Prince of Thieves" with Kevin Costner and in "Now and Then" with Demi Moore; etc. Walter Sparrow passed away on the 31st May, 2000 and is sadly missed by the author of this work. The following is an extract from "The King's Quinto: The Life and Times of Sir Walter Raleigh (1552-1618)" by Barbara O'Sullivan (Publish America ISBN: 1413708285)originally written as material for a filmscript for the late Walter Sparrow Hollywood actor who had been, in earlier years, a Shakespearean actor. www.prweb.com /newsbycategory/600/2004-08-25/0/index.htm

Janisch - St. Helena Records "On the Mount" or front of the Main Fort are six very good demi Culverins. 12th.—A violent surf—a gun a large piece of Iron ordnance, a demi Culverin weighing 43 cwt. On the East half Bastion there are 23 small guns called Falcons, Falconets, and Rabinets, which guns being small are kept only for salutes to save expense of powder. www.bweaver.nom.sh /janisch/janisch_1725-49.html

Correspondence of the siege - Chestochova 1655 They emplaced into the newly built redoubt R4-B a powerful demi- culverin 24pdr (IA24). 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. The Swedes opened fire on 14 December with the aim to breach bastion BIII Saint Rocha. www.kismeta.com /diGrasse/Czestochowa/correspondence_of_siege.htm

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