Appendix No 2 - Ancient Sea-service Ordnance - Sir William Monson's "Naval Tracts," for which see Archćologica, vol. vi., p. 192.

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	Naval History of Great Britain - Vol I
	Appendix No. 2	376

The following list of the ancient sea-service ordnance, as used in England, is taken from Sir William Monson's "Naval Tracts," for which see Archæologica, vol. vi., p. 192.

NAMES.	Bore of cannon.	Weight of cannon.	Weight of shot.	Weight of powder.
	Inches.	lbs.	lbs.	lbs.
Cannon-royal	8˝	8000	66	30
Cannon	8	6000	60	27
Cannon-serpentine	7	5500	53˝	25
Bastard-cannon .	7	4500	41	20
Demi-cannon	6ž	4000	33˝	18
Canon-petro	6.	4000	24˝	14
Culverin	5˝	4500	17˝	12
Basilisk	5	4000	15	10
Demi-culverin	4	3400	9˝	8
Bastard-culverin	4	3000	5	5ž
Sacar	3˝	1400	5˝	5˝
Minion	3˝	1000	4	4
Falcon	2˝	660	2	3˝
Falconet	2	500	1˝	3
Serpentine .	1˝	400	ž	1ž
Rabinet	1	300	˝	˝

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