About: Long Nine   Sponge Permalink

An Entity of Type : owl:Thing, within Data Space : 134.155.108.49:8890 associated with source dataset(s)

The long nine was a class of specific naval cannon during the age of sail. It was a proportionately longer-barreled 9-pounder for increased range. Its typical mounting as a bow or stern chaser, where it was parallel to the keel. In a chase situation, the gun's greater range came into play. The use of the smaller 9 pound shot as opposed to a heavier projectile was due to the need to reduce weight on the ends of the ship and the relative fragility of the bow and stern portions of the hull.

AttributesValues
rdfs:label
  • Long Nine
rdfs:comment
  • The long nine was a class of specific naval cannon during the age of sail. It was a proportionately longer-barreled 9-pounder for increased range. Its typical mounting as a bow or stern chaser, where it was parallel to the keel. In a chase situation, the gun's greater range came into play. The use of the smaller 9 pound shot as opposed to a heavier projectile was due to the need to reduce weight on the ends of the ship and the relative fragility of the bow and stern portions of the hull.
dcterms:subject
dbkwik:pirates/pro...iPageUsesTemplate
abstract
  • The long nine was a class of specific naval cannon during the age of sail. It was a proportionately longer-barreled 9-pounder for increased range. Its typical mounting as a bow or stern chaser, where it was parallel to the keel. In a chase situation, the gun's greater range came into play. The use of the smaller 9 pound shot as opposed to a heavier projectile was due to the need to reduce weight on the ends of the ship and the relative fragility of the bow and stern portions of the hull.
Alternative Linked Data Views: ODE     Raw Data in: CXML | CSV | RDF ( N-Triples N3/Turtle JSON XML ) | OData ( Atom JSON ) | Microdata ( JSON HTML) | JSON-LD    About   
This material is Open Knowledge   W3C Semantic Web Technology [RDF Data] Valid XHTML + RDFa
OpenLink Virtuoso version 07.20.3217, on Linux (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu), Standard Edition
Data on this page belongs to its respective rights holders.
Virtuoso Faceted Browser Copyright © 2009-2012 OpenLink Software