- A
carronade is a short, smoothbore, cast-iron
cannon which was used by the
Royal Navy. It was
first produced by the
Carron Company, an
ironworks in Falkirk...
- USS
Carronade (IFS-1/LFR-1) was a ship of the
United States Navy
first commissioned in 1955. She was
named after the
carronade, a type of
short barreled...
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Carronade Island Carronade Island lies off the
northern (Kimberley)
coast of
Western Australia (13°56′42″S 126°36′09″E / 13.94500°S 126.60250°E / -13...
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fashions changed. Some
types include: Demi-cannon
Culverin Demi-culverin
Carronade Paixhans gun In 1712,
Colonel Albert Borgard was
appointed to the head...
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production of a new short-range and short-barrelled
naval cannon, the
carronade. The
company was one of the
largest iron
works in
Europe through the 19th...
- were
ordered on 2
April 1943 -
Battleaxe and
Broadsword (from Yarrow);
Carronade and
Claymore (from Scotts); and
Crossbow and
Culverin (from Thornycroft)...
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finally within carronade range at 12:45, her fire was not as
effective as
Perry hoped, her
gunners apparently having overloaded the
carronades with shot....
- factory's products, the river's name p****ed to the
naval cannon called the
carronade.
These big guns were used
during the
Napoleonic Wars in
melees such as...
- to fire
explosive s**** at a low velocity, they were an
answer to the
carronade in the
close combat and anti-personnel role. However,
their intended ammunition...
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ships in the
Royal Navy,
albeit within the
short range of the
carronade. The
carronades also used much less
manpower than the long guns
normally used...
