HMS Victory tour

[Old No7]

Huzzah!!

Old No7

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[Griff]

Huzzah!!
Old No7
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Quite so!

[GunnyMack]

Isn't that a Beatles song?

Boy how I'd love to put the match to one of those ol guns!

[gamekeeper]

One of the first things I did when I moved south and near to Portsmouth was to visit HMS Victory, some of the cannons had flintlock ignition which surprised me.

[GunnyMack]

Flinter's must have been a real chore to keep working in a salt water environment!

[TraderVic]

Being a history buff, I would love to tour that ship.
Where is it ?

[Ysabel Kid]

Huzzah!!

Old No7


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[gamekeeper]

Being a history buff, I would love to tour that ship.
Where is it ?

Portsmouth, Hampshire, UK

Information in link below

https://historicdockyard.co.uk/

[Old No7]

One of the first things I did when I moved south and near to Portsmouth was to visit HMS Victory, some of the cannons had flintlock ignition which surprised me.

I've read that the use of flintlocks for ignition greatly increased the ability for seasoned gun crews to aim at -- and hit -- the masts of opponents, a very small target indeed, unless chain- or ball-and-chain shot was loaded.

John:
Visiting the Victory and tipping a pint (or more!) with YOU is still on my bucket list.

Old No7

[gamekeeper]

Darryl it would be a pleasure to knock back a couple of pints with you....
Funny thing about the flintlocks is they had no flints I did inform the tour guide where they could get some

[Bill in Oregon]

Darryl, I'm still laffin' ...

[lthardman]

Use of fuse to ignite a cannon powder charge resulted in far too much variability. Particularly on a ship, with both the ship itself and the target responding to wave action. As technology advanced, the use of what is called a cannon lock allowed the use of percussion caps. And later, the use of friction primers, which allowed for even better timing and accuracy.

I own several cannons, with bores from .45 caliber to 1 7/8" (think golf ball). And, I have two mortars, one sized for a soda can sized projectile and the other for a billiard ball sized projectile. While I often use fuse, I prefer the use of a cannon lock that employs a 209 primer. Things can change down range while a fuse burns. I consider the use of a cannon lock a safety enhancement.

Here are two of my cannons. One has a bronze barrel mounted on a field carriage. The other is cast iron with a 4140 ordinance steel liner and is mounted on a solid oak naval style carriage that I made after studying plans for the carriages on the USS Constitution. Both guns have the golf ball bore. And both are basically half scale versions of a six pounder Napoleon.

[Bill in Oregon]

Love your ordinance, Ithardman. I bought a nice pop-can mortar from Dom Carpenter when he was still in business, but never made the effort to haul it out into the desert and shoot it. Wish I had. I always thought the Mountain Howitzer was a handsome article.

[lthardman]

Thanks. I have a Confederate Coehorn Mortar (pop/soda/beer can bore) made by Dom Carpenter. As far as I know, he is still in the black powder cannon and ordnance business.

[Old No7]

Love your ordinance, Ithardman.

+1 to that! Those look like a lot of fun and history! "Historical fun" I'd call it!

Old No7

[GunnyMack]

Smithsonian channel is showing a program now , they were speaking about finding half of the Mary Rose, flag ship of Britain at one point, the ship carried a crew of 500!
Also talking about the Victory and yes the guns were flinters!