Cannon Sizes

Chart
from one in Ward, "Animadversions of Warre"


The names of the pieces of Great Ordnance now in most use
Bore of Piece (ins) Dia. of shot Weight of shot Weight of Serpentine Powder Weight of Corned* Powder Weight of Piece (lbs) Length in feet Length of planks of carriage (feet) Depth of planks at fore end (ins) Depth of planks at lower end (ins) Thickness of the plank (ins) Number of men to pull Number of horses Yoke of oxen Range in paces Point blank Range in paces Utmost random
Cannon
8 64 40 32 8,000 12 16¾ 32 32 8 90 16 9 300 1,500
Cannon
Serpentine
52 25¼ 26 7,000 11½ 16¾ 20 18½ 80 14 8 340 1,600
French
Cannon
7 46¾ 25 23¼ 6,500 12 16¾ 29 18 70 12 7 360 1,740
Demi
Cannon Eldest
36½ 20¾ 20 6,000 11¼ 15½ 27 16¾ 65 11 6 370 1,800
Demi
Cannon Ordinary
32 20 18 5,600 10½ 15¾ 26 16¼ 60 10 5 350 1,700
Demi
Cannon
6 24½ 18 16 5,000 11 16 24 15 6 56 9 5 340 1,600
Culverin
19 16 15 4,500 13¼ 18¼ 22 13¼ 50 8 4 420 2,100
Ordinary
Culverin
5 16¼ 15 12½ 4,300 12 17½ 21 13¾ 46 8 4 400 2,000
Demi
Culverin
11¾ 9 9 3,000 11 16½ 18 11¼ 36 7 4 380 1,800
Demi
Cannon Lesse
4 9 8 2,300 10 14½ 17 10¾ 28 6 3 320 1,600
Saker
Ordinary
3 1,900 14 15 24 5 3 300 1,500
Sakeret
or Minion
3 5 1,100 8 11½ 13 20 4 2 280 1,400
Fawcon
750 7 10¼ 11 7 16 3 2 260 1,200
Fawconet
2 1 400 6 9 10 2 2 220 1,000

Rabinet
¾ ¾ ½ 300 8 2 8 2 2 150 700
Base
1 ¼ ¼ ¼ 200 7 5 2 6 2 2 100 560
*Too powerful for many pieces
¶ Animadversions of Warre. R Ward. London 1639

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