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Source: BBC

Roundup

2-20-09

'Superguns' of Elizabeth I's navy [video 1 min 28 sec]

Tests on cannon recovered from an Elizabethan warship suggest she carried powerful cast iron guns, of uniform size, firing standard ammunition.

Read entire article at BBC