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And is now available to buy.

Go me

I am aware of the distinction, but the software isn't.

One day I might find time to rewrite that part of the system and update the data to allow the display to be amended.

But it's not going to happen overnight.

Shameless plug time... Royal Navy Officers of the Seven Years War is due to be published shortly. https://www.helion.co.uk/military-history-books/royal-navy-officers-of-the-seven-years-war-a-biographical-dictionary-of-commissioned-officers-1748-1763.php?sid=d1f53b89adec6e00e9c6e3a06d4e53ab https://t...

Hi

I have updated the Threedecks site with some details on this officer.
https://threedecks.org/index.php?displa ... n&id=37793

Interestingly there is an earlier officer of the same name.
https://threedecks.org/index.php?displa ... n&id=13193

IN response to a request here is a selected list of the sources for Italian navies as listed on Three Decks. by Virgilio Ilari & Piero Crociani, all available as pdf's in Italian: follow the links on https://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=source_search La Marina Italiana di Napoleone La Marin...

Some more on Stainer Canham London kalendar and court and city register show him as one of the foreman of the Yard at Deptford in 1819. ADM 29/8/80: "Stainer H CANHAM; Rank: Foreman; Born: [Not Given]; Age on entry: [Not Given]; Dates served: 13 June 1780-25 May 1825; Date and Type of Application: B...

Hi. Thanks, but slightly confused by this. Interestingly I have no record of either a George Kingdom or a John Day as captains in the Royal Navy. In fact there's no record of a George Kingdom as a commissioned officer at all. There is a John Day, commissioned lieutenant on 21 Dec 1808 and as a retir...

Thanks, I'll update the sites records when I find some time to do so

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All info is useful and in any format you prefer, although scans of the original would be my preference.

Cy

One thing to remember is that in the 17C the terms Cannon and Culverine indicated different types of armament as well as different shot weight. Cannons were shorter in calibre, 18-28 against a culverines 32-34, more squat, and therefore had a lower muzzle velocity and lower range but with a greater ...