2007-02-08 01:26:38 · 7 answers · asked by shane b 1 in Travel ➔ Caribbean ➔ Bahamas
The cannons were set up along sides of the ship.
To fight; the ships would come along side each other so their cannons would be facing one another, and then they would fire the cannons and try to damage the ship and take it's cargo.
2007-02-08 01:35:54 · answer #1 · answered by Rev. Two Bears 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
A broadside is reffered to the days of sailing ships of battle, during Nelson's time. A broad side was delivered by all the cannons on the same side of a ship being fired at once.
This was done to inflict the most damage possible to the enemy vessel.
If a ship crossed the bow of another in a kind of + position, the ship on the vertical axis would fire all of it cannons into the back end of the ship on the horizontal axis. The cannon balls would enter the back of the ship and go right through to the front of the ship causing huge amounts of damage.
This was known as a"Raking Broadside".
2007-02-08 09:36:04 · answer #2 · answered by The Alchemist 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
A broadside is the firing of all the guns on one side of a ship.If someone asks the question what is her broadside in reference to a particular ship then it is the number of guns that ship is capable of firing from one side at a given time
2007-02-08 09:48:22 · answer #3 · answered by frankturk50 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
A Broadside is an old fighting ship manoeuvre.
When in battle the attacking ship would sail towards its opponent head on so as to show the smallest possible target. Then at the last moment it would turn sharply one way & then fire all the cannons on the side facing the opponent to inflict maximum damage with minimum risk.
2007-02-08 09:34:56 · answer #4 · answered by wayforwardhow 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
A broadside is when a ship fires all available guns in one direction at the same time, usually to the side.
2007-02-08 09:33:00 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
A broadside is the side of a ship; the battery of cannon on one side of a warship; or their simultaneous (or near simultaneous) fire in naval warfare.
In older naval warfare
Broadsides were quite different during older naval warfare, in the age of sail. An 18th century man of war like the HMS Victory had cannons that were only accurate at short range. These wooden ships sailed closer and closer towards each other until cannon fire would be effective. Each tried to be the first to fire a broadside, often giving one side a decisive headstart in the battle when it crippled the other ship
As a measurement
Additionally, the term broadside is a measurement of a vessel's maximum simultaneous fire power which can be delivered upon a single target, due to the fact that this concentration is usually obtained by firing a broadside. This is calculated by multiplying the shell weight of the ship's main armament shells times the number of barrels that can be brought to bear. If some turrets are incapable of firing to either side of the vessel, only the maximum number of barrels which can fire to one side or the other are counted. For example, the American Iowa-class battleships carry a main armament of nine 16-inch main guns in turrets which can all be trained to a single broadside. Each 16-inch shell weighs 2,700 pounds, which when multiplied by nine (the total number of barrels in all three turrets) equals a total of 24,300 pounds (11,022 kg). Thus, an Iowa-class battleship has a broadside of 12 tons (11.0 tonnes), the weight of shells that she can theoretically land on a target in a single firing.
2007-02-08 09:33:21 · answer #6 · answered by CLIVE H 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
A ships broadside is the length of the ship.
The Stern is the back
The bow is the front.
The guns on ships were broadside hence " firing broadside"
2007-02-08 09:34:25 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋