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    Fort on water

    Might I add alot of gunboats were usually equiped with 24 - 32 pounders though some carried as low as 9 - 12 pounders, I imagine some of the larger gunboats could of carried higher calibres such as 42 pounders. They were crewed roughly 25 - 30 men and were 50 - 70 ft long.
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    Fort on water

    Here is another illistration of a Floating Battery constructed in 1775 by the Americans, this one is enclosed and propelled by oars. Courtesy of Ancestry.com
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    Fort on water

    The second picture is actually in close relation to a floating battery/gunboat popular for many European powers they were a raft sometimes with one - two sails or oar powered that carried 1 - 3 cannons of high calibre and on occasion some swivel guns. They could sail into shallow waters and...
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