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Naval Gunnery
Naval artillery is artillery mounted on a warship, originally used only for naval warfare and then subsequently used for shore bombardment and anti-aircraft roles. The term generally refers to tube-launched projectile-firing weapons and excludes self-propelled projectiles such as torpedoes, rockets, and missiles and those simply dropped overboard such as depth charges and naval mines. Origins The idea of ship-borne artillery dates back to the classical era. Julius Caesar indicates the use of ship-borne catapults against Britons ashore in his ''Commentarii de Bello Gallico''. The dromons of the Byzantine Empire carried catapults and fire-throwers. From the late Middle Ages onwards, warships began to carry cannons of various calibres. The Mongol invasion of Java introduced cannons to be used in naval warfare (e.g. Cetbang by the Majapahit). The Battle of Arnemuiden, fought between England and France in 1338 at the start of the Hundred Years' War, was the first recorded European ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kearsarge And Alabama
Kearsarge may refer to: Places in the United States * Kearsarge, California, in Inyo County * Kearsarge (ghost town), California, also in Inyo County * Kearsarge, Michigan, in Houghton County * Kearsarge, New Hampshire, a village in Carroll County * Mount Kearsarge (Merrimack County, New Hampshire), mountain in the New Hampshire towns of Wilmot, Sutton, and Warner ** Kearsarge Regional High School, serving several towns in Merrimack County, New Hampshire *Kearsarge North Kearsarge North is a mountain located about 4 miles (6 km) northeast of North Conway, Carroll County, New Hampshire. The U.S. Board on Geographic Names accepted the name "Pequawket Mountain" in 1915 but it was renamed Kearsarge Nort ..., a peak in the White Mountains of New Hampshire ** Kearsarge House, grand hotel in North Conway, New Hampshire * Kearsarge Pass, a mountain pass in the Sierra Nevada of California * Kearsarge Peak, a mountain in Inyo County, California * Kearsarge Pinnacles, pillars ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
