Living History: Armament

Armament
Uniforms & Colors

As a privateer representative of the War of 1812, Lynx is armed with a functioning main battery of four six-pounder carronades and four swivel guns. In addition, a complementary stand of historic small arms, for demonstration and instructional purposes, is aboard, including muskets, pistols, cutlasses, boarding pikes and axes.

Test firing of Carronades

Under the direct supervision of noted ordnance expert Austin C. Carpenter, the cannons were cast by the Iron Brothers Foundry in Wadebridge, Cornwall, England. Mr. Carpenter, the author of Cannon: The Conservation, Reconstruction and Presentation of Historic Artillery, supervised the production of the armament. He is also a member of the Arms and Armour Society, the Royal Archaeological Institute and is a Fellow of the Society of Antiquities of London.

Assisting in ordnance research was Donald R. Crandall of Monkton, New Brunswick, Canada. A smoothbore cannon interpreter and restorer, Mr. Crandall has written a book about the discovery and restoration of cannons on the island of Montserrat.

Six-pounder Carronade