named after the star in the Orion constellation.She was armed with six carronades, short cannons used to fire large objects to smash ships. She also had...

Gunnery where he added science to the field of ballistics. He developed carronades which were short, lightweight smoothbore cannons that could be used on...

Gunnery where he added science to the field of ballistics. He developed carronades which were short, lightweight muzzleloading smoothbore cannons that could...

440 Length 106 ft 9 in (32.5 m) Beam 31 ft 5 in (9.6 m) Draft 14 ft (4.3 m) Propulsion Sail Armament 18 × 32-pounder carronades 2 × 12-pounder long guns...