Black Powder Naval Cannon
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Signal guns, not supposed to fire a projectile. Also known as salute cannons.
p.s. serious status symbol among boaters.
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p.s. serious status symbol among boaters.
http://www .thecannonstore.com/products.asp?lineID=HER
Check out the prices of new ones.
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Not really. Winchester made several 10 guage blank models for saluting. You have to have a nautical side to you to understand the idea of saluting cannons.
As mentioned, it is a "status" symbol, but when you own a quarter million dollar Yacht, what is another 3 or 4 grand to show off a bit.
I think on occasion they were used in dense fog and close to a rocky shore, to create an echo as an indication of how far away they were. Also again as applies to foggy conditions and risk of approaching boats, used to warn others that a boat was in the area
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The way it is set up, if this boat is in a Museum, it was probably mounted as a anti-personnel gun for landing on a beach. Probably loaded with balls, nails, bolts or other items that would cause damage to a massed enemy force. On inland waters such as rivers or lakes there was not much in the way of naval firepower, so there were many adaptions of smaller craft.
When we look at History, we have to put ourselves BACK into the dates we are studying. We have to take into account of what was happening around a particular place, time, or event during that time. Small cannons like this one, (with the Monkey Tail for fast aiming,) were mounted on the side rails and quarter decks of larger ships to repel boarders, or walls of a fort. In this case, the wooden foredeck seems to have been reinforced on top, and there may be more hidden reinforcement below. Smaller powder charges could have been used too. As far as lasting for a long time, they were not like the larger ships cannons and really fired not that much. In most cases, one or two shots would probably be fired, then the Gunners would have left the boat and joined the Infantry or Marines on land.
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Exactly this. Also, in cruising fleet formations, the signal cannon was used by the flagship to announce an important change in signal flags.
There is Newtons 3rd. law .
Formally stated, Newton's third law is: For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. The statement means that in every interaction, there is a pair of forces acting on the two interacting objects. The size of the forces on the first object equals the size of the force on the second object.
So basically , yes there will be recoil . cheers .
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the recoil is seen here . even the little 50 cal displays the recoil factor.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0zHdwsUdtA&feature=youtu.be
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0zHdwsUdtA&feature=youtu.be
I think ur overestimating the actual amount of recoil from a projectile firing swivel gun. It probably wasn't loaded very heavy. Alot of them were just loaded with shot for firing at soft targets like humans on decks below, or humans on shore.
Yes of course, but those spindly little setups you see them mounted in are more than adequate for the swivel guns use.
