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It sure brings home (if you'll pardon the pun) just how damaging a broadside from a 19th century, 100-gun, three-decker must have been when it hit another ship.
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i was told in british history class that the armada invencible and the british ships were so far awy that cannonball bounced off the ships
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So that means that when Nelson whacked the Spanish Fleet at Trafalgar they sunk themselves because they where so scared by bouncing off Cannonballs? [Zynism off] |
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oh it was like the kamikaze divine wind that finished the mongol fleet
THEY DIDNT GO THERE TO FIGHT THE ELEMENTS CURIOUSLLY IF YOU FOLLOW POLARIS FROM WHERE I AM, oh sorry for the caps, you end in ireland maybe thats why the similitudes between spanish and irish ![]()
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In terms of the effect of a cannonball striking a wooden vessel (of any nationality) the effects on the crew were very violent. Even a ball that didn't penetrate the hull could cause massive, sharp-edged splinters of oak to detach from the inside of the planking and fly around the decks, killing or maiming.
In response to the original post, it's amazing that no one was seriously injured - which is maybe a positive testament to the cheap materials that modern houses are built from.
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True, so let's continue what "Great" Britain did and just raid a country and cut down every single oak and other trees we can find. We need more countries, like Ireland, that only have some sheep herding left as their "economy".
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