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- there is an intact example at Castle Doornenburg in the Netherlands. Gunports were keyhole shaped, with a circular hole at the bottom for the weapon...
- caravel pierced with gunports; a relation of the Siege of Rhodes, printed in Ulm in 1496, that mentions a ship with 10 gunports; and a text that mentions...
- anti-personnel weapons, they had to be placed lower in the ships, and fire from gunports, to avoid ships becoming unstable. In Northern Europe the technique of...
- One of Äpplet's upper gundeck gunports History Sweden Launched 1629 Fate Sunk as part of defenses near Vaxholm...
- stability their lowest gundeck had to be very close to the waterline and its gunports could not be opened in anything but the calmest of seas. To do otherwise...
- the gunports having to be cut through the structural wales, which also follow this curve. The later layout means that the lower gundeck gunports are a...
- black and yellow paint along the sides of the hull, broken up by black gunports. In the 18th and 19th centuries, vessels of all nations were painted in...
- MiG-29UB on display, showing gunport...
- partial battery on this deck of her intended sisters, on which there were no gunports in the waist along this deck), and so was reclassed as a First rate of...
- strong enough to accommodate the weight of guns. It was easier to fit gunports in a carvel hull. As vessels became larger and the demand for ship-building...