Category: Mantua – French Carronade

For a chain by means of which open the upper cover of port I inserted a piece of a brass tube. Assigned a chain on a cover of port to that. From the inside of a board I fixed brass details, their blackening. Chains of the lower cover of port, eyes, hooks for a chain …

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Production of loops of port. For a start I cut out a strip from brass. By means of a tools I curved loops. Having sealed a bar in one of half of loops I have drilled openings and blackened all. Including also carnations. Behind that I sawed up to the end a cover of port …

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I began to make port. It will consist of two parts and an opening under a carronada. At first I divided an external packet of laths of port into 2 parts and made a marking. Behind that I made internal “boards” of port. I cut them so that they were aflush with an internal surface …

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