3decks - Naval Sailing Warfare History

Armament

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Armament

For each deck, (from lower to upper) will list guns number (#) and sizes (lbs), always in ship's national pounds.

Guns	Total number of guns aboard, carronades/obusiers/sea howitzers excluded.
Date	Year of the gun's report (1805-oct-21).
#	Number of guns and/or carronades in deck. (see special guns type below)
lbs	Deck gun´s size (36,24,32,12,...) always in ship´s national pounds. (see special guns type/size, below)
Fires	Ship's fire power, total amount of national ship's pounds & kilos equivalence in braquets.
Source	Data source's code Sources.

Special guns types/sizes	All guns sizes (lbs) are considered to be long	Example
Bronze guns	Will be denoted by a b after gun's number (#)	30b
Short guns	Will be denoted by an s after gun's size (lbs)	30s
Carronades	Will be denoted by a c after gun's size (lbs)	36c
Spanish obusiers	Obus will be denote by an o after gun's size (lbs)	36o
Spanish pedreros	Will be denoted by a p after gun's size (lbs)	4p
French Sea Howitzer	Obusier de mer will be denoted by an h after gun's size (lbs)	36h

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