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A broadside is the side of a ship, or more specifically the battery of cannon on one side of a warship or their coordinated fire in naval warfare, or a...7 KB (1,021 words) - 23:17, 8 November 2024- Look up broadside or broadsides in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Broadside or broadsides may refer to: Broadside (naval), terminology for the side...2 KB (290 words) - 17:26, 19 March 2024
Ironclad warship (redirect from Broadside ironclad)on both broadsides was that the ship could engage more than one adversary at a time, and the rigging did not impede the field of fire. Broadside armament...79 KB (10,821 words) - 18:24, 7 November 2024
approached, the Franco-Spanish Combined Fleet would be able to direct raking broadside fire at their bows, to which they would be unable to reply. To lessen the...91 KB (11,034 words) - 14:07, 26 November 2024
broadside fire of a frigate in the harbour under shelter of the wall, but she had been heeled over so as to clear the muzzles of her guns, when fired...8 KB (1,125 words) - 19:29, 17 October 2022
The Great Fire of London was a major conflagration that swept through central London from Sunday 2 September to Thursday 6 September 1666, gutting the...62 KB (8,138 words) - 23:44, 24 November 2024
steered obliquely towards the Dutch fleet, which exposed them to Dutch broadside fire: De Ruyter's van and centre maintained their distance by gradually giving...48 KB (6,454 words) - 10:20, 27 November 2024
giving each weapon a 180-degree arc of fire to the side; they would be capable of contributing to broadside fire in an emergency. After her acquisition...20 KB (2,499 words) - 13:25, 2 November 2024
USS Maine (1889) (category Ship fires)ability for a ship to fire broadside, a key factor when employed in a line of battle. To allow for at least partial broadside fire, Maine's superstructure...99 KB (11,798 words) - 15:57, 26 November 2024
eight degrees per second, respectively. A full gun broadside weighed 15,950 pounds; a salvo could be fired every 30 seconds. The quadruple turrets weighed...34 KB (3,994 words) - 22:13, 5 November 2024
warships and the greater weight of broadside they could fire were more than offset by the number of quick-firing guns on most first-line Japanese warships...43 KB (5,009 words) - 12:45, 20 November 2024
König-class battleship (section Fire control)preceding Kaiser class, as all ten guns could fire on a wide arc on the broadside, and four guns could fire directly ahead, as opposed to only two on the...55 KB (7,192 words) - 12:35, 30 August 2024
arranged to emphasize broadside fire led to the placement of four triple 12-inch gun turrets along the centerline. This allowed a broadside of all twelve guns...35 KB (3,095 words) - 22:44, 14 February 2024
degrees per second, respectively. A full gun broadside weighed 15,950 lb (7,230 kg), and a salvo could be fired every 40 seconds. The secondary armament consisted...27 KB (3,106 words) - 21:25, 3 November 2024
into the wind. The line of battle tactic that allowed efficient use of broadside fire was not put into general use until the mid 17th century, as was described...38 KB (5,648 words) - 09:47, 11 September 2024
Naval artillery (section The broadside)broadside cannon for bombarding other vessels immediately prior to an attempted boarding. These small guns were anti-personnel weapons and were fired...112 KB (14,761 words) - 10:25, 11 November 2024
could be elevated independently. The ships could fire any combination of their guns, up to a broadside of all nine. The turret interiors were subdivided...17 KB (1,865 words) - 23:16, 24 October 2024
measured in weight of metal (the combined weight of all projectiles fired in one broadside), of these vessels. The disadvantages of the carronade were that...75 KB (9,333 words) - 07:35, 23 November 2024
advocated a battleship with main guns of a single caliber and optimized for broadside fire. In addition, the ship's superstructure and funnels were to be kept...16 KB (1,666 words) - 06:05, 9 June 2024
manoeuvering to volley fire with the cannons along their broadsides. In conflicts where opposing ships were both able to fire from their broadsides, the faction...30 KB (4,172 words) - 17:45, 24 November 2024
- "scrapping" war- vessels, 18 n. Bridge, Admiral Sir Cyprian, on invasion, 56 Broadside fire of British and German Fleets in North Sea compared, 21 Cavalry with
- cash box, let alone a cashpoint. As quoted in "New French leader fires a broadside at Britain: You only care about the City of London, says President
- in-phase, there will always be a broadside radiation pattern. However, depending on the relative spacing, an end fire pattern can also be created. The