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Encyclopedia > Bomb ketch

A bomb ketch was a type of wooden sailing ship with two masts. Its primary armament was not cannons (long guns and carronades), but rather mortars mounted forward near the bow. Useful for assaulting fixed positions on land. An awkward vessel to handle in terms of seamanship.




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Bomb ketch - encyclopedia article about Bomb ketch. (2483 words)
Bomb vessels were traditionally named after volcanoes volcano is a geological landform (usually a mountain) where magma (rock of the Earth's interior made molten or liquid by extremely high temperatures along with a reduction in pressure and/or the introduction of water or other volatiles) erupts through the surface of the planet.
Thunder, Vesuvius, Aetna HMS Aetna was one of the Royal Navy bomb vessels involved in the attack on Fort McHenry in the Battle of Baltimore and the bombardment of Fort Washington, Maryland in 1814, during the War of 1812.
Thunder and Aetna HMS Aetna was one of the Royal Navy bomb vessels involved in the attack on Fort McHenry in the Battle of Baltimore and the bombardment of Fort Washington, Maryland in 1814, during the War of 1812.
Bomb tower - encyclopedia article about Bomb tower. (189 words)
A bomb tower is a lightly constructed tower, often 30 to 210 meters high, built to hold an atom bomb nuclear weapon is a weapon which derives its destructive force from the nuclear reactions of nuclear fission and/or fusion.
The tower holds the atom bomb for the purpose of the investigation of its destructive effects (such as burst height and distance with given explosive yield) and for the adjustment of measuring instruments, such as high-speed cameras.
As a general rule the bomb tower disintergrates completely due to the enormous heat of the bomb (up to 20 million degrees).
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