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<p>[QUOTE="springfld.arsenal, post: 135653, member: 54"]Thanks, may do that, I was a member long ago, when the last word in CAMP stood for "Posts." I think it is the same group anyway.</p><p><br /></p><p>Regarding the cannon, this has been fun even though I still don't know why it was modified. What I know about the cannon otherwise isn't a lot, but better than the nothing you usually get when buying an item with no provenance.</p><p><br /></p><p>It was cast in France in 1808 and somehow got into British hands very soon after, most likely by the British capturing whatever French ship was armed with this cannon. It was at Île aux Noix, Canada in 1814 when the LINNET was built, and it was filled with cannonballs and put in the bilges of the ship as ballast. In the same year that ship with this cannon aboard was captured by the US at the Battle of Lake Champlain. It was anchored for many years until it sank from rot near Fort Ticonderoga. It wasn't salvaged until 1949, and the cannon was sold to Ft. Ticonderoga in the 1950's. Maybe when we get the rest of that thick old paint off, we'll know a little more but I've probably got about all I'm going to get on this one.</p><p><br /></p><p>My best guess on the purpose of the modification underneath has to do with the island shipyard where LINNET was built being a very busy place in 1814. It was building English ships to fight the Americans, and was somewhat remote. I'm sure there was a lot of improvising. Maybe a heavy weight was needed to counterbalance a cargo boom or something, and the recesses were cut in to provide a rope-fastening point.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="springfld.arsenal, post: 135653, member: 54"]Thanks, may do that, I was a member long ago, when the last word in CAMP stood for "Posts." I think it is the same group anyway. Regarding the cannon, this has been fun even though I still don't know why it was modified. What I know about the cannon otherwise isn't a lot, but better than the nothing you usually get when buying an item with no provenance. It was cast in France in 1808 and somehow got into British hands very soon after, most likely by the British capturing whatever French ship was armed with this cannon. It was at Île aux Noix, Canada in 1814 when the LINNET was built, and it was filled with cannonballs and put in the bilges of the ship as ballast. In the same year that ship with this cannon aboard was captured by the US at the Battle of Lake Champlain. It was anchored for many years until it sank from rot near Fort Ticonderoga. It wasn't salvaged until 1949, and the cannon was sold to Ft. Ticonderoga in the 1950's. Maybe when we get the rest of that thick old paint off, we'll know a little more but I've probably got about all I'm going to get on this one. My best guess on the purpose of the modification underneath has to do with the island shipyard where LINNET was built being a very busy place in 1814. It was building English ships to fight the Americans, and was somewhat remote. I'm sure there was a lot of improvising. Maybe a heavy weight was needed to counterbalance a cargo boom or something, and the recesses were cut in to provide a rope-fastening point.[/QUOTE]
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