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Carronade - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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A webpage dedicated to the men of the USS Carronade while deployed in Vietnam and the crews of the LSMR's with us....
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68-pounder carronade on HMS Victory ... All of this changed in 1779 when the Navy Board prevailed over the objections of the Ordnance Board and began outfitting ships with the carronade. ... The carronade was a brutish little gun developed by Charles Gascoigne, the manager of the Carron Iron Works, near Falkirk, Scotland.
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2007-11-09 00:35 Kevo20716 700×460× (34731 bytes) USS Carronade ... ; No higher resolution available. Carronade.jpg (700 × 460 pixels, file size: 34 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) ... English: USS Carronade...
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Nelson and His Navy - The Carronade ... The carronade, named after its developer and manufacturers, the Carron Iron company of Falkirk, was invented in the 1770s. The company subsequently manufactured many thousands of these guns for customers all over the World until production ceased in the 1850s. They were used in...
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Carronade. Car`ron*ade\, n. [From Carron, in Scotland where it was first made.] (Med.) A kind of short cannon, formerly in use, designed to throw a large ...
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USS Carronade (LFR-1); ex; USS Carronade (IFS-1) (1955 - 1968); ... Carronade Class Inshore Fire Support Ship: ... Commissioned USS Carronade (IFS-1), 25 May 1955, LCDR. D. 0. Doran in command...
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USS Carronade (IFS-1) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Carronade is taking a leave of absence as its owner pursues software development as an employee with the quality team at Praxis Engineering. Please check back at this blog in the future for other salient thoughts from Kris Gholson on technology, fatherhood, and the meaning of life.
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hms-victory.com - the official website for HMS VICTORY ... The Carronade: The carronades fitted in the Victory fired a 68 lb. (30.6 kg) ball, using a powder charge of 6.5 lbs. (3 kg) from a barrel 5ft 2" (1.6 m) long, weighing 36 cwt. (1.8 tonnes). A gun crew of 5 men were required to service the gun.
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