A chase gun (or chaser), usually distinguished as bow chaser and stern chaser, was a cannon mounted in the bow (aiming forward) or stern (aiming backward)...
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Chase Russell Oliver (born August 16, 1985) is an American political activist and politician who is the nominee of the Libertarian Party for the 2024...
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throws a projectile." Gunpowder and firearm historian Kenneth Chase defines "firearms" and "guns" in his Firearms: A Global History to 1700 as "gunpowder weapons...
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gun was mounted there as the stern chase gun. Another such gun was mounted on the forecastle as the forward chase gun and the two 17-centimeter guns were...
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JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., doing business as Chase, is an American national bank headquartered in New York City that constitutes the consumer and commercial...
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916% heavier than the English pound weight). They were used as chase guns or main guns on light ships of the early 19th century, and on the quarterdeck...
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gun decks, with the same number of 366 guns. The oldest known estimates regarding its armament range from 80 to 200 guns, including a large chase gun...
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nine-inch guns, 14 on the main deck, two forward chase guns and one rear chase gun. The gun ports had to be enlarged to accommodate the larger guns by hand...
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preceding chase, etc.) are considered circumstantial. The phrase originally came from the idea that finding a very recently fired (hence smoking) gun on the...
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Chasers (novel), a 2010 Being Human novel by Mark Michalowski Chaser or Chase gun, a cannon mounted in the bow or stern of a sailing ship HMS Chaser (D32)...
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