Obusier de vaisseau
| Obusier de vaisseau | |
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Obusier de 36, modèle 1787, found on the wreck of the Golymin. On display at the Musée national de la Marine | |
| Type | naval gun |
| Place of origin | France |
| Service history | |
| In service | 1787-1805 |
| Used by | France |
| Production history | |
| Produced | 1787 |
| Specifications | |
| Barrel length | 85 cm |
| Crew | 5 |
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| Calibre | 36-pounder |
The Obusier de vaisseau was a large calibre but light piece of naval artillery mounted on French warships of the Age of sail. Designed to fire explosive shells at a low velocity, they were an answer to the carronade in the close combat and anti-personnel role. However, their intended ammunition proved too dangerous for the crew, and the French navy phased them out at the beginning of the Empire in favour of the carronade.
Several of the guns were recovered from the wreck of the Golymin in the road of Brest, and are now on display at the Musée national de la Marine in Paris and in Brest.[1]
Sources and references
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- (French) Jean Boudriot et Hubert Berti, L'Artillerie de mer : marine française 1650-1850, Paris, éditions Ancre, 1992 (ISBN 2-903179-12-3) (notice BNF no FRBNF355550752).
- (French) Jean Peter, L'artillerie et les fonderies de la marine sous Louis XIV, Paris, Economica, 1995, 213 p. (ISBN 2-7178-2885-0).
- (French) Napoléon et l’évolution de l’artillerie des vaisseaux, Nicolas Mioque
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