scheepskanonvuur
Scheepskanonvuur is the Dutch term for the firing of one or more cannons from a ship, especially during naval combat or ceremonial occasions. It denotes the volleys produced by a broadside, where a line of guns on the ship's gun decks fires in a coordinated sequence.
During the age of sail, roughly from the 16th to the 19th century, warships were equipped with
Ammunition included solid shot (cannonball), grapeshot, and canister shot; grapeshot and canister were used against crew
With the advent of steam propulsion, rifled artillery, and later automatic mechanisms, naval gunnery evolved. The
See also naval artillery, broadside, cannon salute, grapeshot.