• vivadanang@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      that’s why it has a dozen anchors on each side of the hull. proper preparation prevents piss poor projectiling.

    • TheSanSabaSongbird@lemdro.id
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      1 year ago

      That’s why navies stopped using broadsides and went to turrets about 150 years ago. Well, it’s one of the reasons anyway. Turrets also worked a lot better once you shifted to steam power and didn’t have to worry so much about rigging. Additionally, you could mount a much bigger gun on a turret than you could using broadsides on the sides of a wooden sailing ship.