Artillery: Victor Hugo: A Fight with a Cannon

A fight with a cannon French Téméraire-class ship of the line Mont-Blanc off Marseille, 1791.  Painting by Antoine Roux. The Mont-Blanc was armed with 28 X 36-pounder cannon, 30 X 18-pounder cannon and 16 X 8-pounder cannon.  If one of the cannon broke loose during heavy seas or a battle, it could doom the ship. … Read more