Broke sat, dizzied and weak, on a carronade slide, and his head was bound up by William Mindham, who used his own neckerchief. |
It's the wrong shape for a carronade, and a long muzzle-loader would probably still have had trunions. |
As Chesapeake was heeling, many of their shots struck the water or waterline of Shannon causing little damage, but American carronade fire caused serious damage to Shannons rigging. |
The small powder charge of the carronade was only able to project a heavy cannonball over a relatively limited distance. |
For artillery he had some 6-pounders and a 32-pounder carronade. |
Also, the violent recoil by which a carronade is often thrown off the slide of its carriage. |