"How much gunpowder and ammunition on a 74?" Topic
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| Edwulf | 03 Mar 2018 8:09 p.m. PST |
How much ammunition and powder would a 74 be stocked with? |
| Edwulf | 03 Mar 2018 8:09 p.m. PST |
How much ammunition and powder would a 74 be stocked with? |
| goragrad | 03 Mar 2018 8:21 p.m. PST |
According to 'The Frigates' in a description an action involving a French 74 – 4000 roundshot. Powder was not given. |
| rmaker | 03 Mar 2018 8:31 p.m. PST |
Assuming an average shot weight of 24# and charges of 1/3 the weight of the shot, that would yield 32000#, with maybe a bit over for saluting, etc. |
| Sergeant Paper | 04 Mar 2018 12:31 p.m. PST |
Onboard HMS Bellona (74) 19 April, 1760:
Guns:
Lower deck 32-pounders, 28
Upper deck 18-pounders, 28
Quarterdeck and forecastle 9-pounders, 18 Powder 353 barrels
Shot 32-pounders, 1680
18-pounders, 1960
9-pounders, 1260 Grape shot 32-pounders, 140
18-pounders, 196
9-pounders, 94 Double-headed 32-pounders, 84
18-pounders, 84
9-pounders,54 From Lavery, Brian. The Anatomy of the Ship: The 74-gun ship Bellona |
79thPA  | 04 Mar 2018 5:47 p.m. PST |
The Seventy-Four Gun Ship Vol II by Jean Boudriot states a 74 carried 43,000 pounds of powder. The Arming and Fitting of English Ships of War 1600-1815 by Brian Lavery lists the following for a 74 gun ship in the 1780s: 2800 ball
166 grape
84 double-shot
115 langrel (or langridge)
173 cannister |
| Edwulf | 11 Mar 2018 3:36 p.m. PST |
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