Just imagine,a ship has approached you and has risen the Jolly Roger/variant,you see no cannons and so you think you are safe,then…40 small swivel guns are immediately mounted on the railing of the pirate ship.
Wow, I never knew about the variants and types of ammo loaded into cannons! Looked at that double barrel and winced at how painful it’d be to get hit by one of those. Well researched!!
I knew there was specialized ammo for taking down masts, but misunderstood the actual form factor of the chain shot. I didn't know it was two half-balls that fit into one another, that's pretty ingenious!
I've also seen more simple chain shot where it's just two cannon balls attached by chain. I'm not sure but I'd imagine this way they were able to get a better seal around the shot so they could get faster speeds.
@@ThePiratesPort At the minimum, the decreased mass of the two half-balls vs two full-balls means the same amount of powder pushes the lighter shot faster.
Oh hell yeah! I just discovered your channel a few days ago and was scared you might’ve stopped uploading. An informative high quality pirate channel was just what I needed now!
@@ThePiratesPort that’s totally understandable. It’s awesome that you make these videos at all, however frequent that might be. Oh and I know this phrase is worn out as hell, but you really deserve more recognition and subs.
I’ll be doing something similar in the future. I would like to bust a lot of the pirate myths that have come up over the years. P.s. you asked for a Nassau video a while back. That’ll be coming up next!
I never realised breech loading would have been a thing back then, I've not checked your other vids yet to see if you've looked at that in more detail but would find more information interesting if you haven't already covered it
If I were a captain, I think I’d use almost exclusively small fragments of glass and any other sharp things I could find. Maiming the enemy crew (at worst) is so much better of a plan than outright killing them, because as stated you don’t wanna damage the ship and cargo if you can help it, and a person is more likely to attempt to help a fellow crew member to safety if they see them injured but not dead, which leaves them open to attack.
Great question! The guns would have been European as the manufacture of cannons was a highly specialized and complex process. Even in 1776 the foundries in the US had a difficult time producing cannons as the British had earlier made it illegal to cast cannons in the colonies.
They used 24 pounders too, but also remember this is over 100 years after the golden age of piracy came to an end. Things changed due to new technologies and larger shot wasn’t always the best choice for a variety of reasons.
@@ThePiratesPort subbed straight away. And a very good mate of mine has a proposal for you on discord - I think we can help each other in awesome ways of you are interested?
Hope you all enjoyed this episode! 🏴☠️
Good job you make so many goog videos 😁
Just imagine,a ship has approached you and has risen the Jolly Roger/variant,you see no cannons and so you think you are safe,then…40 small swivel guns are immediately mounted on the railing of the pirate ship.
Wow, I never knew about the variants and types of ammo loaded into cannons! Looked at that double barrel and winced at how painful it’d be to get hit by one of those. Well researched!!
I knew there was specialized ammo for taking down masts, but misunderstood the actual form factor of the chain shot. I didn't know it was two half-balls that fit into one another, that's pretty ingenious!
I've also seen more simple chain shot where it's just two cannon balls attached by chain. I'm not sure but I'd imagine this way they were able to get a better seal around the shot so they could get faster speeds.
@@ThePiratesPort At the minimum, the decreased mass of the two half-balls vs two full-balls means the same amount of powder pushes the lighter shot faster.
That bundle shot seems brutal as hell. Awesome vids keep it up.
What an excellent channel, thank you so much, from Puerto Morelos, México.i follow all your uploads.
Gracias!
You have 371 subs??? Underrated!
Thank you! Hopefully with time more people will stumble across the channel and like it enough to subscribe.
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Oh hell yeah! I just discovered your channel a few days ago and was scared you might’ve stopped uploading.
An informative high quality pirate channel was just what I needed now!
Glad you're enjoying the videos! I try to make new videos as often as I can but sometimes life has other plans.
@@ThePiratesPort that’s totally understandable. It’s awesome that you make these videos at all, however frequent that might be.
Oh and I know this phrase is worn out as hell, but you really deserve more recognition and subs.
I'm honestly not sure why you don't have more subscribers. . . this is amazing content.
Thank you! Hopefully with time!
@@ThePiratesPort Maybe reach out to larger channels for a collab/series? Some history TH-camrs just did videos on the Phoenicians for example.
"Arrgh!" 🏴☠️ ☠️ 🦜
Great Video! Here is an idea for a video, Compare Pirates of the Caribbean to real life pirates to show what is and isn't historically accurate.
I’ll be doing something similar in the future. I would like to bust a lot of the pirate myths that have come up over the years.
P.s. you asked for a Nassau video a while back. That’ll be coming up next!
@@ThePiratesPort Yep, this is my favorite TH-camr!
I never realised breech loading would have been a thing back then, I've not checked your other vids yet to see if you've looked at that in more detail but would find more information interesting if you haven't already covered it
damn i just ran out of your videos to watch, great job
Very informative and well explained, thank you 👍
Thanks!
Thanks for educating me
If I were a captain, I think I’d use almost exclusively small fragments of glass and any other sharp things I could find. Maiming the enemy crew (at worst) is so much better of a plan than outright killing them, because as stated you don’t wanna damage the ship and cargo if you can help it, and a person is more likely to attempt to help a fellow crew member to safety if they see them injured but not dead, which leaves them open to attack.
Keep it up, I love ur vids
Give us more!
In cannons only steel balls should be used when firing cannister shot otherwise the balls risk hitting each other and deforming in flight.
I saw your post in r/thegoldenageofpirates and I have to say I immediately subscribed
Thank you!
I like video pirate shotcanon
Imagine being hit with grape shot or bundle shot 🙀
Huh. I didn't know they had different types of ammo
AND....It took the same amount of powder, as the weight of the ball. (6 pound ball= six pounds of powder)
A+++
Loved it
Very cool !
Great video. Were there any cannon foundries in the Caribbean in Pirate' havens or all bought or stolen imports from Europe? Keep it up!
Great question! The guns would have been European as the manufacture of cannons was a highly specialized and complex process. Even in 1776 the foundries in the US had a difficult time producing cannons as the British had earlier made it illegal to cast cannons in the colonies.
@@ThePiratesPort Very interesting thanks!
Why didn't civil war canons use 32 and 24 pound guns? They seem to only use small weight
They used 24 pounders too, but also remember this is over 100 years after the golden age of piracy came to an end. Things changed due to new technologies and larger shot wasn’t always the best choice for a variety of reasons.
Amazing stuff.
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it!!
@@ThePiratesPort subbed straight away. And a very good mate of mine has a proposal for you on discord - I think we can help each other in awesome ways of you are interested?
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