Carronades

[DennisL]

Hi.  I am currently scratch building a plank on frame model of a member of the Cruiser Class - the HMS Pandora of 1806.  My questions have to do with the shot for the 32 lb. Carronades, there were 16 of them. Were these stored anywhere on the upper deck?  I know there's a shot locker in the hold but I do not see any shot garlands anywhere on any of the deck plans from the museum drawings.  Seems hard to believe they would have been carried up from the hold during action.  Any help is greatly appreciated. 

 

Also, what would the diameter of the shot be for a 32 pound cannonball?

 

Thanks in advance for any help.

Dennis

[Lieste]

32pdr shot have a high gauge of 6.207" and low gauge of 6.105" until the 1820s, when the gauges are revised to 6.207" and 6.147". The mean shot diameter is thus 6.156" early and 6.177" later.
Carronade calibre is 6.25" , with a smaller diameter chamber and an enlarged loading/blast cup muzzle extension forward of the muzzle swell moulding.

This build shows garlands at the hatch coamings.
 

 

Edited December 8, 2024 by Lieste

[dafi]

Also there were mobile racks for this purpose as the ones found in Thorsminde from 1811

 

XXXDAn

Edited December 8, 2024 by dafi