Question about barshot...again

M ELEY · 9th January 2018, 09:04 PM

Excellent pic, Fernando. It would be nice if it piqued a few comments again. I have learned that the barshot pictured (the type with the hockey puck-type ends ) was a French pattern, as seen on the wreck of the Mashault and others. The classic 'half spheres' were popular with British ships and the two whole spheres with square bar are used by multiple countries (Britain, the Netherlands, etc). I believe the odd wedge-shaped (door knob shaped) shot was a French pattern as well.

Wouldn't be complete without Michael's excellent thread (which we all jumped in on!

).

http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...ght=chain+shot

fernando · 10th January 2018, 09:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by M ELEY

...I have learned that the barshot pictured (the type with the hockey puck-type ends ) was a French pattern, as seen on the wreck of the Mashault and others...

Yet in the picture, barshot depicted have puck-type ends and the author of the work is Dutch

9th January 2018, 09:04 PM	#1
M ELEY Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: NC, U.S.A. Posts: 2,141	Excellent pic, Fernando. It would be nice if it piqued a few comments again. I have learned that the barshot pictured (the type with the hockey puck-type ends ) was a French pattern, as seen on the wreck of the Mashault and others. The classic 'half spheres' were popular with British ships and the two whole spheres with square bar are used by multiple countries (Britain, the Netherlands, etc). I believe the odd wedge-shaped (door knob shaped) shot was a French pattern as well. Wouldn't be complete without Michael's excellent thread (which we all jumped in on! ). http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...ght=chain+shot Last edited by M ELEY; 9th January 2018 at 09:27 PM.