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>Can you help me with next Question >Chirles Douglas implemented some innovations in naval >gunnery at the Battle of The Saintes (1782). > one of them became wide-spread - I mean flintlocks on >naval guns. But also he put some changes into the >system of fastening gun-carrieges to ship's side so as >with his arrangement arc of fire for each broadside >gun was of eight rhumbs against four rhumbs for >conventional arrangement. >According to Brian Tunstall at the Battle of The >Saintes there were three ships provided by Douglas' >arrangement. >But I find no mention about use Douglas' equipment >futher. Moreover it seems that Douglas' idea were >abandoned. For instance Victory after timbering had >conventional arrangement. >If the idea were really abandoned what were the >reasons for the decision?

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