The "Lazy Mette" was used in the Middle Ages giant gun, which was cast in 1411 by the Brunswick cast-piece founder Henning Bussenschutte bronze.
Due to its heavy weight and the size of the cannon, which at the time was the second largest in Europe, it served only the city defense of Braunschweig and was stored...
The "Lazy Maid" of Dresden was a stone can used in the Middle Ages, manufactured in Saxony with the purpose of destroying fortifications.
First used as a launcher, the gun was mounted in 1511 on a mount in order to be clearly mobile and to be able to keep up with the infantry.
The restored gun is...
As the "Lazy Grete" was called a medieval giant gun, which served their service in the German Order.
In 1409 the gun was cast by the gun caster Heynrich Dumechen in the Maria Gießhaus and cost at that time around 278.5 marks, which corresponded to about 1160 oxen.
In 1413 Margrave Frederick I of Brandenburg borrowed the...
The USS Fulton was at launch the world's first steam warship and also the first steamship of the US Navy. This development heralded a new generation of warships.
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The USS Constellation was the first warship manufactured for the young US Navy of the United States of America. In this context, she was also the first ship to participate in combat and win a victory.
Launching and design:
The US Congress adopted on March 27, 1794 a law to build their own fleet mainly...
The HMS Victory is still the oldest English warship and gained fame particularly in the Battle of Trafalgar against the Spanish Armada and the fleet of Napoleon. Even today, it is used as the flagship of the First Sea Lord in the English Navy.
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The Sovereign of the Seas was not only the largest warship of its time in its launch, it was also the first ship with more than 100 guns and the technical renewal of stepless continuous decks, which should be of importance for later ships.
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The Prince Royal was an English battery ship, which was by several conversion to one of the largest warships of his time under the English flag and served in the Anglo-Dutch naval warfare as a flagship.
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The ship type liner developed in the mid to late 16th century by technical innovations in shipbuilding and armament. At the beginning of the 16th century, with the invention of the gun port, it became possible to use openings deeper in the hull for guns, which were only opened to fire the cannons and otherwise...
With the Henry Grâce à Dieu, although a ship of the Karacke was still built, but the development of the gun port, it was the engineers now possible to install gun batteries deeper in the hull, which on the one hand meant that the lower guns were larger because they On the other hand, the...
