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Carronade
Type
Naval gun
Place of origin
United Kingdom
Service history
In service
1778-1881
Used by
British Empire
Wars
American Revolution War, French Revolutionary Wars, Napoleonic Wars, War of 1812, American Civil War, First Boer War
Production history
Designer
Robert Melville
Designed
1778
Manufacturer
Carron Company
Specifications
Mass
12-18 pounders
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Cannons
History
Artillery in the Song dynasty
Artillery in the Middle Ages
Naval artillery in the Age of Sail
Field artillery in the US Civil War
Siege artillery in the US Civil War
Operation
Breech-loading
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A carronade is a short smoothbore cast-iron cannon which was used by the Royal Navy. It was first produced by the Carron Company, an ironworks in Falkirk, Scotland, and was used from the mid-18th century to the mid-19th century. Its main function was to serve as a powerful, short-range, anti-ship and anti-crew weapon.[1] The technology behind the carronade was greater dimensional precision, with the shot fitting more closely in the barrel thus transmitting more of the propellant charge's energy to the projectile, allowing a lighter gun using less gunpowder to be effective.
Carronades were initially found to be very successful, but they eventually disappeared as naval artillery advanced, with the introduction of rifling and consequent change in the shape of the projectile, exploding shells replacing solid shot, and naval engagements being fought at longer ranges.
^Keegan, John (1989). The Price of Admiralty. New York: Viking. pp. 276&277. ISBN 0-670-81416-4.
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