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O&S - spiked

O&S - spiked
The figure shows the spiking of a gun. John Paul Jones, during his 1788 raid of Whitehaven intended to disable the defence guns in this way - a standard tactic of the time. (Spiking is driving a soft iron nail into the touchhole of a cannon, thus preventing it being fired. A skilled gunner should be able to remove the spike, but that takes time and the touchhole can be damaged)

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 Don Sutherland
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Great capture.
8 years ago.

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