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Re: Master & Commander
From: Jim Thompson
Date: 2003 Dec 10, 07:02 -0400
From: Jim Thompson
Date: 2003 Dec 10, 07:02 -0400
The kick of the cannon in the movie seemed awfully tame. On either Consitution in Boston, or Victory in Portsmouth, a guide showed us impressions of cannon marks on overhead beams caused by the cannon when they bucked during firing. Ever since I have less enjoyed movie portrayals of sea battles. Jim Thompson jim2@jimthompson.net www.jimthompson.net Outgoing mail scanned by Norton Antivirus ----------------------------------------- > -----Original Message----- > From: Navigation Mailing List > [mailto:NAVIGATION-L@LISTSERV.WEBKAHUNA.COM]On Behalf Of Kieran Kelly > Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2003 6:03 AM > To: NAVIGATION-L@LISTSERV.WEBKAHUNA.COM > Subject: Re: Master & Commander > Also close observation would show that the guns on Aubrey's "Surprise" in > the film were fired with flintlocks. I thought Napoleonic era cannon were > fired with a slow-match applied directly to the touch hole. Can > anyone help > me here?
