68-Pounder Carronade

Generated illustration. Not a historical photograph. Naval ordnance on a truck carriage. Not a named carronade portrait.

Overview

The credit is already on HMS Victory — Overview. At Trafalgar her quarterdeck and forecastle carried 12 × 12-Pounder Naval Cannon + 2 × 68-pounder carronades.¹

The Credit

This note covers that Victory credit only. A specification table, range, crew, and a carronade invention story stay on RESEARCH_QUEUE. Do not read the filled 32-Pounder Naval Cannon numbers onto this piece.

Carron Company — Falkirk Foundry is the 32-pounder cast credit and reserved this carronade note. Canister, chain, and bar stay off.²

Sources

• @white2005nelson
• HMS Victory — Overview

Related

Navigation

• MOC_Weapons_Technology
• Ordnance_Artillery_Index

Same Subject

• HMS Victory — Overview
• 32-Pounder Naval Cannon
• 24-Pounder Naval Cannon
• Carron Company — Falkirk Foundry
• Naval Gun Carriage — Truck Carriage

Cross-Domain

• Battle of Trafalgar 1805 — Overview
• Age of Sail — Era Overview
• Age of Sail — Chronological Timeline

Footnotes

1. Quarterdeck and forecastle: 12 × 12-pounder + 2 × 68-pounder carronade: HMS Victory — Overview armament list. ↩

2. Do not invent a spec table, range, or crew. Do not write a carronade invention story. Do not copy 32-pounder numbers onto this piece. Canister, chain, and bar stay off. ↩