Pirate swords and weapons 2

M ELEY · 29th March 2008, 06:48 AM

003- Wouldn't be complete without a couple of cannon balls!
The large ball is a so-called Coehorn exploding shell. The coehorn portable cannons had limited use at sea, but were definately used on some ships. This shell probably dates 1810-30.
The two smaller balls are 2 pounders, a favorite of the Americans. Smaller round shot such as these might have been used on swivel- or deck guns to disuade boarding parties

M ELEY · 29th March 2008, 07:01 AM

001- Finally, a little ethnographic items thrown in to give a nod to other pirate brethren!
I included the Malaitan club as an occupational hazard to mariners and privateers alike! It is an odd fact that with so many sailors raoming around the ocean, many of them couldn't swim! Most who fell overboard went to the bottom like a stone. The reason that the great explorer Captain Cooke really died on that beach in Hawaii was because he couldn't swim out to the waiting rowboat just alittle ways off-shore. He met an end from a club probably similar to this one...
Well, that ends my pics. Hope some of you enjoyed them!

RSWORD · 1st April 2008, 01:06 AM

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Originally Posted by M ELEY

003- Wouldn't be complete without a couple of cannon balls!
The large ball is a so-called Coehorn exploding shell. The coehorn portable cannons had limited use at sea, but were definately used on some ships. This shell probably dates 1810-30.
The two smaller balls are 2 pounders, a favorite of the Americans. Smaller round shot such as these might have been used on swivel- or deck guns to disuade boarding parties

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29th March 2008, 06:48 AM	#1
M ELEY Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: NC, U.S.A. Posts: 2,141	003- Wouldn't be complete without a couple of cannon balls! The large ball is a so-called Coehorn exploding shell. The coehorn portable cannons had limited use at sea, but were definately used on some ships. This shell probably dates 1810-30. The two smaller balls are 2 pounders, a favorite of the Americans. Smaller round shot such as these might have been used on swivel- or deck guns to disuade boarding parties

29th March 2008, 07:01 AM	#2
M ELEY Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: NC, U.S.A. Posts: 2,141	001- Finally, a little ethnographic items thrown in to give a nod to other pirate brethren! I included the Malaitan club as an occupational hazard to mariners and privateers alike! It is an odd fact that with so many sailors raoming around the ocean, many of them couldn't swim! Most who fell overboard went to the bottom like a stone. The reason that the great explorer Captain Cooke really died on that beach in Hawaii was because he couldn't swim out to the waiting rowboat just alittle ways off-shore. He met an end from a club probably similar to this one... Well, that ends my pics. Hope some of you enjoyed them!