HMS Victory firing rolling broadside

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To celebrate the amalgamation of Royal Navy museums, a rolling broadside was fired by HMS Victory. This was set up and fired by HFM Pyrotechnics in conjunction with The Master Gunner Ltd. HFM are a specialist pyrotechnics display company experienced in this type of activity. www.hfmgroup.com The filming and editing has been undertaken by Avalon Video Productions www.avalonvideo.co.uk

OK- they made some additional smoke from the bottom, but we can get a very small impression, how it was in a battle of ships of the line like at Trafalgar




and also here by night:



also BTW interesting the video showing the Victories hull in drydock

 
I had the pleasure and privilege of sailing aboard Endeavour a number of years ago, and whilst we were off the South Wales coast the gunner found some spare gunpowder - and an old cannon ball! The captain suggested that it would be a shame to waste it so the 12 pounder was duly loaded and fired, first without ball. The crack it made was astonishingly loud and sharp, and a deeper sound than those fired from Victory (ok, I know they were only using spectacular pyrotechnics on Victory).
Endeavour's cannon was then loaded with the ball. What a difference to the sound that made! The report was so much louder, and deeper, a proper thud that went through the stomach!
For those of an enquiring mind, we had no idea where or how far the ball went. It was a bit choppy so the splash was lost in the white wave caps. All the same we were pretty certain no dolphins were harmed in the making of the splash.
This was way back in the days when mobile phones weren't so common, and certainly didn't have cameras attached, so the occasion was never recorded for posterity. Sorry chaps.
 
I had the pleasure and privilege of sailing aboard Endeavour a number of years ago, and whilst we were off the South Wales coast the gunner found some spare gunpowder - and an old cannon ball! The captain suggested that it would be a shame to waste it so the 12 pounder was duly loaded and fired, first without ball. The crack it made was astonishingly loud and sharp, and a deeper sound than those fired from Victory (ok, I know they were only using spectacular pyrotechnics on Victory).
Endeavour's cannon was then loaded with the ball. What a difference to the sound that made! The report was so much louder, and deeper, a proper thud that went through the stomach!
For those of an enquiring mind, we had no idea where or how far the ball went. It was a bit choppy so the splash was lost in the white wave caps. All the same we were pretty certain no dolphins were harmed in the making of the splash.
This was way back in the days when mobile phones weren't so common, and certainly didn't have cameras attached, so the occasion was never recorded for posterity. Sorry chaps.
That is a great recollection of the rare opportunity that you had. I understand in a small way the sound of a loaded black powder with ball shot from my frequent firing of my own small cannon at the gun range while learning the shot pattern with different combinations of the elevation bolsters. Much more deep and resonant than a rifle shot. Nothing like your Endeavour reaction though. Rich (PT-2)
 
There is one video showing the firing of a nine-pounder with ball -> listen to the sound of this relative small gun (and see the damage)

 
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