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>>Can any of our war gamers provide data with respect to >>the ranges and penetrations of the various types of >>carronades in use during and after the Napoleonic War >>period? >> >>I believe this has been discussed previously in this >>forum, but I can't remember when or in what context. >> >>Thanks, John Tredrea > >I placed these figures before. I since also found them >in Boudriot, The 74 Gun Ship Volume 4. They are for >cannon. > >Crowdy, Terry, French Warship Crews 1789-1805 From The >French Revolution to Trafalgar, 2005, Osprey >Publishing Ltd, 1-84176-745-X, p 26 >Penetration of Solid Oak >Gun Powder Range at 0 deg Elevation >Type Charge 100m 200m 400m 600m 1000m >36 6kg 1.3m 1.2m 1m 0.9m 0.65m >18 3kg 1.1m 1m 0.8m 0.6m 0.4m >8 1.5kg 0.9m 0.8m 0.65m 0.49m 0.27m > >Boudriot, Jean – The Seventy Four Gun Ship, 1988 Vol >4, Jean Boudriot 2-903178-17-8, pp 136, 137 >"Use of Guns and optimum ranges >Effectiveness of reduced charges in generating a large >amount of splinters. >The maximum thickness of our 74 is about 0.80m." > >For carronades. ><a rel=nofollow target=_blank >href="http://wiki.hmssurprise.org/index.php/Carronade"> >http://wiki.hmssurprise.org/index.php/Carronade</a> >This has specifications for Royal Navy carronades >including ranges. > >Also have a look at ><a rel=nofollow target=_blank >href="http://ageofsail.wordpress.com/2009/02/28/introdu >cing-the-carronade-the-range-myth/">http://ageofsail.wo >rdpress.com/2009/02/28/introducing-the-carronade-the-ra >nge-myth/</a> >I don't have the book to check. > >Regards, > >Bob.

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