That was actually much cooler than I was expecting, I always found those individual 'cannon demonstrations' to be a little anti-climactic but a full broadside looks terrifying. (for people at both ends!)

People inside the ships must have hearing issues after a single battle.

Quite impressive, really. I'm glad the Victory is waaaaay across the pond.

O'er the hills and o'er the Main,

Through Flanders, Portugal and Spain,

King George commands and we obey,

Over the hills and far away.

WHAT?

Touring this as a child on a school day trip (my hometown), I found out that if you are a sailor, you banged the 'ships biscuit' on the table before you ate it, because every meal time was /r/weeviltime

Now imagine like 60-80 of these ships in a fairly confined space going at it.

Absolutely stunning ship. For her time she was the best armed ship on the planet.

Combine that with the Royal Navy’s famous rate of fire and it would be absolute hell to fight her.

"Playback on other websites has been disabled by the video owner"

This shit is so annoying

Now that's soldiering

If you want more cannon porn, here's the Götheborg shooting Salute to HMS Belfast

Well, considering she has been in dry dock for almost a century, you would need to be located in a very specific area to get hit by her guns.

When you’re behind a piece of artillery or a firearm the compression is significantly reduced. Since the ends of the cannons are all pushed through those trap doors I’d bet inside is quieter than 100 yards in front of the cannons

Then go watch it on youtube. It's a monetized video and it screws with the ad revenue.

I must've watched ten hours of HMS Victory content across like 15 channels the last few months, whoever is running their marketing campaign is absolutely killing it

Speaking of, anybody know of some channels that tell cool stories from the age of sail (preferably something besides old Victory here)

https://youtube.com/c/Drachinifel mostly WW material but has a good amount of age of sail stuff as well.

“Never mind maneuvers, just go straight at ̓em!”

Bastid

dope, thank you

Also imagine that every one of those guns was loaded with several pounds of powder, and not just a noisemaking pyrotechnics charge.

Full military load?

MAWP!

Defcon was changed incase the redcoats are coming.

Leeroy Jenkins'ing before it was cool

Hearing issues yes, but also...

it was loud, you couldn't see much, you'd crouch most of the time and move tons of cannons around. If you were unlucky this was going on for hours. If you gun crew was any good, you would fire 2 or 3 shots every 3 minutes while the balls of the enemy ripped the hull around you.

You'd see a 9 year old boy next to you get torn to pieces by flying wood splinters the lenght of your arm, it reeked of blood and piss and sweat.

As this was going on with every shot the cannon was getting hotter and hotter, maybe you burn your skin on the powder hole or the lint or the muzzle while swabbing. The hotter the cannon got, the more unpredictable it became on the bounce back, the ropes holding it began to wear down or the iron fittings broke and loose guns might be rolling over the deck, transforming into a multiple ton bullet.

Cool. It's about time someone had the balls to broadside Gosport.

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I guess I need to use more "/s" on my posts.