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Armament remains from His Majesty's sloop Boscawen
xiv, 254 leaves : illustrations, maps ; 28 cm.
and ammunition, pole arms, and artillery munitions. The
and around the hull during its excavation in 1984 and 1985.
and as an armed transport for the Royal Artillery in 1760. A
arms and artillery were distributed on and among those sites.
British forces in 1759 as part of their successful campaign
distribution of armaments indicates that muskets, other
His Majesty's Sloop Boscawen was built on Lake Champlain by
historically documented use as an active combat ship in 1759
identification of weaponry from some sites. Additionally,
loaded in the bow and stern. Attributes of individual arms
muskets were most commonly represented on board. The variety
of arms remains and ammunition types supports Boscawen's
of artifacts. A re-analysis of armament remains from Seven
personal weapons, and artillery munitions were loaded into
remains show that non-regulation British, French, and Dutch
review of research reports on contemporary archaeological
sites reveals serious deficiencies in the description and
the center of the hold, while ammunition for small arms was
the site reports generally do not consider the distribution
thesis describes and analyzes the armament remains found in
to drive the French Army from the Champlain Valley. This
Weaponry recovered from Boscawen includes small arms parts
Years War sites would improve our understanding of how small
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