18-pounder short gun

June 2017 yes yes Canon 18 court modele 1824-IMG 9023.jpg 1/4th Scale model of an 18-pounder short gun, model 1824. On display at the Musée national de la Marine, Paris. 18-pounder short gun Naval gun France France, Spain, Great Britain, Netherlands, Sweden, United States 138.7 mmFrench naval regulation, 1786 8.8 kg The 18-pounder short gun was an intermediary calibre piece of artillery mounted on warships and merchantmen of the Age of Sail. It was a lighter version of the 18-pounder long gun, compromising power and range for weight. In his discussion of the single-ship action in which the French frigate Piémontaise captured the East Indiaman Warren Hastings on 11 June 1805, the naval historian William James compared the 18-pounder medium guns on Warren Hastings with the 18-pounder long guns that the British Royal Navy used. The medium 18-pounder was 6 ft m 1 on long, and weighed 26+3/4 long cwt lb kg on in; the Royal Navy's long 18-pounder was 9 ft m 1 on and weighed 42+1/2 long cwt lb kg on.James (1837), Vol. 4, pp.239-44. Citations and references Citations 30em References The Naval History of Great Britain: From the Declaration of War by France In 1793 to the Accession of George IV William James Frederick Chamier 1837 R. Bentley London, UK 656581450 https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_PSwOAAAAQAAJ External links fr Jean Boudriot et Hubert Berti, L'Artillerie de mer : marine française 1650-1850, Paris, éditions Ancre, 1992 (2-903179-12-3) (notice BNF no FRBNF355550752). fr Jean Peter, L'artillerie et les fonderies de la marine sous Louis XIV, Paris, Economica, 1995, 213 p. (2-7178-2885-0). Category:Naval guns of France Category:138 mm artillery