10/17/2023 0 Comments Naval battles between the english fleet and the spanish armada could be summed up as![]() ![]() The prow was cut away to accommodate various sized cannons including multi-ton culverins and demi-culverins, along with smaller anti-personnel pieces such as swivel guns. ![]() Because of the weak hull construction of galleys and their straightahead, hard-charging tactics, all cannon were mounted forward, with perhaps a small chase gun or two at the rear. ![]() Cannon were housed and employed differently by galleys and ships of sail. In the evolution of artillery at sea, pirates and privateers, and the armed merchants on whom they preyed, played a greater role than the primitive state navies that marked most of this period. Big guns were brought to bear in war at sea earlier than in land warfare because ships solved the key problem of early artillery: its weight and lack of mobility. French warships are known to have used guns in 1356 an Iberian ship mounted guns in 1359 and Genoese and Venetian ships are known to have used guns against each other from 1379. Share: Facebook Twitter Yahoo LinkedIn Digg Part II: Naval Combat Strategies (Tudor-Elizabethan) EraĪs early as the 14th century, ships’ guns were used to bombard shore positions in support of amphibious operations, and in ship-to-ship or fleet actions to de-mast, demobilize, and sometimes sink enemy ships. ![]()
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