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  2. 18-pounder long gun - Wikipedia

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    The 18-pounder long gun was an intermediary calibre piece of naval artillery mounted on warships of the Age of Sail.They were used as main guns on the most typical frigates of the early 19th century, on the second deck of third-rate ships of the line, and even on the third deck of late first-rate ships of the line.

  3. QF 18-pounder gun - Wikipedia

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    The Ordnance QF 18-pounder, [note 3] or simply 18-pounder gun, was the standard British Empire field gun of the First World War-era. It formed the backbone of the Royal Field Artillery during the war, and was produced in large numbers.

  4. Naval long gun - Wikipedia

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    Firing of an 18-pounder long gun aboard a French ship, by Louis-Philippe Crépin. In historical naval usage, a long gun was the standard type of cannon mounted by a sailing vessel, so called to distinguish it from the much shorter carronades. The long gun was known for its increased range and improved mobility in comparison to its larger ...

  5. Naval artillery in the Age of Sail - Wikipedia

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    The Spanish "pound", or libra, as another example, equated to 0.4608 kg (1.016 lb) (the British pound equals 0.4536 kg (1.000 lb)); and thus the Spanish 36-libra projectile actually weighed 36lb 9.143oz in British measurements. In general, larger ships carried more guns and the guns they carried were of a larger calibre.

  6. British standard ordnance weights and measurements - Wikipedia

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    Light field gun 76.2 mm 3 inch 15- pounder (multiple types) Field gun 76.2 mm 3 inch Ordnance QF 17- pounder: Anti-tank gun 76.2 mm 3 inch Ordnance QF 18- pounder: Field gun 83.8 mm 3.3 inch Ordnance QF 20-pounder: Tank gun 83.8 mm 3.3 inch Ordnance QF 25-pounder: Gun-howitzer 87.6 mm 3.45 inch Ordnance QF 32-pounder: Tank gun 94 mm 3.7 inch

  7. 24-pounder long gun - Wikipedia

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    The 24-pounder long gun was a heavy calibre piece of ... (1.47 m) or 5 ft (1.5 m) and 18 cwt was mentioned, and it was declared obsolete in 1865 by the War Department ...

  8. HMS Dolphin (1781) - Wikipedia

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    HMS Dolphin was a 44-gun fifth rate ship of the Royal Navy launched in 1781. Designed by Sir Thomas Slade, she carried her armament on two decks and had a main battery of 18-pound long guns. She made an appearance at the Battle of Dogger Bank in 1781. The rest of her 36-year career was uneventful, much of it being spent as a transport or ...

  9. Flora-class frigate - Wikipedia

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    Williams proposed a frigate with a main battery of twenty-six 18-pound (8.2 kg) guns and a secondary armament of ten 6 pounders (2.7 kg). Four 18-pounder carronades and 12 swivel guns were added to the upperworks in September 1799 and the 6-pound long guns were upgraded to 9-pounders in April 1780, before any of the ships were completed. [2]