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Offline Cannoneer

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A Boy's Manual of Seamanship and Gunnery
« on: April 09, 2011, 02:44:08 AM »
An interesting document of the British Royal Navy - Boy's Manual Of Seamanship And Gunnery.
There's much useful information contained here for those interested in naval history; scroll down to "Gunnery Training" for artillery instruction. Click on 'Menu' to the left to open more Royal Navy topics.

http://www.pbenyon.plus.com/B_S_M/Contents.html

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Re: A Boy's Manual of Seamanship and Gunnery
« Reply #1 on: April 09, 2011, 06:38:12 AM »
Cannoneer, that is some pretty intense training they went thru...thanks for posting this very informative article! Boomlover
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Re: A Boy's Manual of Seamanship and Gunnery
« Reply #2 on: April 11, 2011, 06:09:34 PM »
A "New York Times" article from May 22, 1893 that compared the American method for preparing cadets to become naval officers, with the time honored British tradition of that era.

http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=F10B15FB3F5515738DDDAB0A94DD405B8385F0D3
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