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Naval flintlock Duck Foot Pistol with Silver Inlay by Bunney of London, 1770-1780

These types of pistols were designed for Naval officers during the 18th century when a sailor's life was very hard and far from happy. These fearsome pistols were meant to deter mutiny which history tells was a far too common event at the time. Eventually, in the late 1790s, the entire British Fleet committed mutiny at Spithead bringing sweeping changes to the daily life of a British sailor aboard a ship.

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Royal Navy Press Gang cosh with concealed blade from HMS Ajax, 1798-1807

A cosh was much feared by men in the 18th and 19th centuries as it was used by the Royal Navy more specifically by a press gang to force men to join the navy. If the situation got nasty, which happened quite often, the knife was used to defend oneself.

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Honorary sabre with scabbard presented to Dutch Lieutenant Daniel Velsberg for recapturing the gunboat Schrik on 23 March 1804

Overall length - 103cm

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Naval officers dirk, early 19th century

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18th century swivel gun

This 1/2- pounder gun was made between 1746-1755 by Dutch master gunfounder Jan Verbruggen at Enkhuizen. He is best known for his work in the foundry at Woolrich, England where he cast guns for the British during the American Revolution.

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18th Century Chain-shot, naval cannon projectile designed to destroy the rigging of a ship

Via reddit

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A 24-pounder gun in the period of the Revolution and the War of 1812. In : The Constitution Gun Deck, by John C. Reilly, Jr. 1983

The gun is in its recoil position for loading, and the man to the left is keeping a strain on the train tackle to hold the ponderous weapon in place while the man at the muzzle rams the load home. The man at the breech is piercing the powder cartridge with a priming wire before inserting the priming tube: in his left hand is a linstock, a wooden staff holding a piece of burning slowmatch. When the gun is ready to fire, the two side tackles will be used to run it out. The numbers in the drawing identify parts of the gun and its outfit.

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Sabre des marins de la Garde impériale / Saber of the Sailors of the Imperial Guard, French 1804-1815 made in Klingenthal

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