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HMS Cicero, ex-Empire Arquebus. Empire Arquebus was a 7,177 GRT landing ship laid down as Cape St Vincent for United States War Shipping Administration and completed in 1944 by Consolidated Steel Corporation, Wilmington as Empire Arquebus. Managed by Donaldson, Brothers and Black Ltd., To Royal Navy in 1944 and renamed HMS Cicero.
After the Normandy Landings, Empire Arquebus was laid up in the Clyde. [7] Empire Arquebus later served in the Pacific. [8] In January 1945 she was requisitioned by the Admiralty and commissioned as HMS Cicero, under which name she served out the remainder of the war, [4] although it would appear that she remained named as Empire Arquebus.
Arquebus: Ordered: 1900: Builder: Chantiers et Ateliers Augustin Normand, Le Havre: Laid down: 1901: Launched: 15 November 1902: Stricken: 10 May 1920: Fate: Sold for scrap, 2 March 1921: General characteristics; Class and type: Arquebuse-class destroyer: Displacement: 357 t (351 long tons) Length: 56.58 m (185 ft 8 in) Beam: 6.38 m (20 ft 11 ...
4 May 1900 15 July 1901 21 July 1902 September 1903 Sold for scrap 26 July 1919 at Bizerte. Sarbacane: 4 May 1900 1 October 1901 12 March 1903 December 1903 Deleted 1 October 1920; still for sale at Toulon in January 1922. Arquebuse: 1 August 1900 1900 15 November 1902 May 1903 Sold for scrap 1 March 1921 at Bizerte. Arbalète: 1 August 1900
In June 1686, Langtan led a force of 3,000 Qing soldiers to lay siege on Albazin, which was held by approximately 450 men led by Alexei Tolbuzin. [4] According to Russians sources, the Qing had a "great might of guns" and even more powerful cannons than the Hongyipao, called "miraculous-power general cannons". More than a hundred Russians died ...
The cannons found in Malacca were of various types: esmeril (1/4 to 1/2-pounder swivel gun, probably refers to cetbang or lantaka), [24] falconet (cast bronze swivel gun larger than the esmeril, 1 to 2-pounder, probably refers to lela), [24] medium saker (long cannon or culverin between a six and a ten-pounder, probably refers to meriam) [25 ...
In England, in 1629, a harquebusier's armour cost one pound and six shillings, that of a cuirassier four pounds and ten shillings. [11] A more wealthy harquebusier may have worn a buff coat (the finest quality buff coats were often more expensive than an iron cuirass) under his armour and a metal gauntlet to protect his bridle hand and forearm ...
In addition to the arquebus, the culverin also evolved into the heavier breech-loading swivel gun weighing around 40 kg (88 lb), which required a swivel for support and aiming. This weapon was designed to use removable mug -shaped chambers which were prefilled with gunpowder and projectiles to speed up reloading.