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Wednesday February 25, 2009 Excellent Timewatch program last weekend. It was all about the raising of two cannons from the wreck that sunk during England's battle with the French/Spanish during Elizabeth the 1st's reign. The guy raising the cannons believed all the cannons on the wreck had the same bore size and if so proved would bring the date forward when England could produce cannons that could all share the same balls. This was a big development as when loading the cannon you did not have to find the right sized ball. It allowed you to then fire all cannons together increasing their effect on your enemy. At the end of the program they built a replica and fired it to show how good it was. It had a range of a mile! They also raised a musket and built a replica of that and that could pierce a plate of mild steel that a modern gun could only put a dent in.
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