The Dardanelles Gun or Great Bronze Gun (Turkish: Şahi topu or simply Şahi) is a 15th-century siege cannon, specifically a super-sized bombard, which...
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The Dardanelles operation was a failed assault in 1807 by the British Royal Navy against the coastal fortifications of Constantinople. The operation was...
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Large-calibre artillery (redirect from Super gun)
extant Dardanelles Gun, cast by the Ottoman gunfounder Ali several years later, is assumed to have followed closely the outline of Orban's guns. A similar...
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projectiles. There are many examples of bombards, including Mons Meg, the Dardanelles Gun, and the handheld bombard. The weapon provided the name to the Royal...
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The Dardanelles Gun (Ottoman Turkish: شاهی, romanized: Şahi, lit. 'Royal') was designed and cast in bronze in 1464 by Munir Ali. The Dardanelles Gun was...
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Dardanelles may also refer to: Dardanelle, Arkansas, a city in Yell County, Arkansas, United States Dardanelles and Freel Roadless Areas Dardanelles Cone...
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the Dardanelles Gun was still present for duty more than 300 years later in 1807, when a Royal Navy force appeared and commenced the Dardanelles Operation...
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Cannon (redirect from Honeycombed (gun))
despite the presence of European cannon in the former case. The similar Dardanelles Guns (for the location) were created by Munir Ali in 1464 and were still...
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171, Fn. 41). "Gun - Turkish Bombard - 1464". Royal Armouries. Retrieved 2024-10-02. ffoulkes, Charles (July 1930). "The 'Dardanelles' Gun at the Tower"...
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Dardanelles Gun was designed and cast in bronze in 1464 by Munir Ali, weighed nearly a ton, and had a length of 5.18m.[citation needed] The large gun...
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