-
enthusiastic user of hand
culverins in 1508. He held
shooting matches in the
great halls of
Holyrood Palace and
Stirling Castle, took a
culverin to
stalk deer in...
- 10-pound (4.5 kg)
round shot). The demi-
culverin had an
effective range of 1,800 feet (550 m). Demi-
culverins were
valued by
generals for
their range...
- The
Napier Culverin was a
licensed built version of the
Junkers Jumo 204 six-cylinder
vertically opposed liquid-cooled
diesel aircraft engine built by...
- demi-
culverins in the fore
chase and two in the
stern chase, both
pairs weighing 2.8 tons (2800 kg).
Between them
there were twenty-two demi-
culverin drakes...
- ****anese. "
Culverin" was a code name for "Operations
against northern Sumatra / Malaya" and "First
Culverin" (originally "Junior
Culverin") was "Operations...
- (from Yarrow);
Carronade and
Claymore (from Scotts); and
Crossbow and
Culverin (from Thornycroft). The next
seven were
ordered on 24
April - Cutl**** and...
- demi-cannons; 6
culverins; 6 sakers; 10 minions; 1 falcon; 1
broad falcon firing three shot; 5
culverins.
French br**** guns; 2 demi-cannon; 1
culverin; 1 saker;...
-
during the
English Civil War as they were
lighter and
cheaper than the
culverins,
sakers and minions.
During times of unrest, they were used by the nobility...
- of gun, the "leatheren", was
replaced by 4
pounder and 9
pounder demi-
culverins.
These could be
operated by
three men, and
pulled by only two horses....
- bombardment.
Sakers fired from the north, no less than 300
culverins blasted from the south, and more
culverins firing from the
north and the east were able to do...
