Bronze guns 5pdr 1780 lbs 5pdr 1787 lbs 7pdr 2700 lbs 7pdr 2400 lbs Spanish guns 7pdr 2521 lbs 7pdr 2545 lbs 7pdr 2687 lbs 7pdr 2520 lbs 5pdr 1868 lbs 5pdr 1810 lbs Iron Gotelingen 6pdr 2040 lbs 6pdr 1980 lbs 6pdr 2220 lbs 6pdr 2270 lbs 6pdr 2910 lbs 4pdr 1770 lbsThese date from early October 1639
This is an ongoing discussion about 17th Century naval wargaming (really, 1620-1720). Part of what is offered are scenarios for games: orders-of-battle, ship lists, battle descriptions, and scenarios for Age of Sail II-Privateers Bounty (a sailing warfare computer simulation/game), suitable scaled for that environment. Copyright (c) 2003-2004 James C. Bender
Monday, June 21, 2010
Guns from October 1639
One page that I received recently has a gun inventory for one ship and some other gun weights: