It's not about having the best pirate ship; it's about having the best pirate fleet. Piraguas are so useful for navigation in shallow coasts, rivers and more. If I set sail as a pirate/buccaneer, I would probably just have a fleet of piraguas, 1-2 battle sloops, and a treasure/medical ship that would be a larger stolen trading vessel, assuming I could capture what was needed.
A bit surprising to me that they would go THAT small, but I already knew that pirates preferred relatively small vessels. But it kinda makes sense, as the small size means they are harder to hit, and carrying large guns wouldn't help too much as you don't want to accidentally sink the ship you're trying to rob. Still, I would've expected an "age of sail"-version of a Drakkar
He has said in other videos that most of the guns pirates used couldn’t sink merchant ships anyway, they were just used to destroy sails and rigging and force the crews below deck. Only the heaviest of guns could penetrate the hull of a ship and even then there were carpenters below ready to plug the holes.
And if you used oars only, no sail, you were extremely hard to spot untill it was too late. Let's face it, big ships are mostly good on the open seas. Near the shore or shoals, big ships become rather helpless. And if you're an experienced pirate and have put your forces into a neat ambush waiting for a big ship, you could strike it rich without much loss. Also, in case your raid went extremely well and your crew was loaded with more goods and gold than they could carry or ship, you could always take the ship that you just attacked and use her to sail to a friendly port.
@@AudieHolland The main strength of pirates also lies in the numbers in the boarding party. Merchant ships carry as little crews as possible to save space for the cargo and to save money on the salaries. If your boarding party can easily overwhelm the crews why bother with cannons? Pirates relied more on the swivel guns and marksmen to keep the decks suppressed until they could board their target ships.
For some reason, the fleet of small rowboats fighting a bigger ship sounds way more interesting and engaging than just two big ships fighting each other. But I do remember the movie Polański's Pirates from 1986 where buccaneers attack a galleon with their boats, which may be the only attempt (although a poor one) at being creative with their source material.
This account is so underrated for how much work seemingly was put into every video. I love learning more about pirates, and I didn’t even know they went as small as using row boats. Great video once again
I watch a lot of UA-cam documentaries and it’s refreshing to watch one produced by someone who understands how to mix the audio. The nearly inaudible grumbling when you said the piragua is not to be confused with a tasty treat was subtle and very clever, and the choice of music and keeping it well under the narrative was skillfully done. Subscribed
Somali pirates often have mother ships which store provisions, ammo, and house the pirates and the smaller and better raiding craft when not in use. Would pirates back then have used something similar if they could have or would that have been ineffective? Have a giant galleon filled to the brim with food and water, ammo, beds and storage for captured prizes, as well as attachments for the raising of piraguas
My dad was almost robbed by Haitians in a dugout canoe, I guess they were still used in the 1990s . Luckily for him their only weapons were machetes, and they backed off when they heard his rifle. He didn't have to shoot any of them.
Excellent video and channel! I read about the pirate l'Olonnais that at one point he took about 20 men, got them into a fishing boat which he stole from a fisherman, and with that he made a surprise attack during the night on an unsuspecting Spanish man of war that was supposed to hunt him down. Before boarding he made a hole into his boat so there would be no means of retreat, and in the end he succeeded in taking over the ship.
You can pack a lot of pirates on a good rowboat, matey! They're quiet and deadly! Perfect for sneaking up, climbing over the side, and taking a bigger ship. Go at night and two or three quiet, black rowboats packed with your guys and you got a whole crew on board before the mark knows what's going on. I'll bet this tactic was used more than once in "friendly harbors."
You deliver such great content and interact with your community on discord! Thanks so much for all the work you put in your videos. I'm learning a lot from you but also from primary source reading!
This reminds me of the later Gunboat War that Denmark-Norway fought against Great Britain in the early 19th century. Previously at the Battle of Copenhagen(s) the British pretty much destroyed/captured the entire navy of Denmark-Norway. So the Danish fashioned gunboats to go up against the British Navy. These were pretty big rowboats, the largest of which could have a crew of about 70 men, and they could have cannons and howitzers on them. Apparently these boats were successfully used to capture British Brigs and other smaller vessels, but weren't effective against Ships of the Line.
Congratulations on your channel, which I started following recently. Just a note on the fact that I didn´t find yet any mention of the Portuguese, in the matter of ships, shipbuilding, pirates etc. The Portuguese were already "expanding" by exploration in very early 15th century and the ships and boats used are of extreme importance for what later would be other nations following. Those nations totally changed their views on ships and how to best build them, because of the Portuguese developments in several aspects. The "super fast" ("mexeriqueira") caravel hull is completely... a later sloop in the caribbean. The bigger "armed caravel", also called "round caravel" hull is the "father" of many other developments in the immediate centuries after, with "frigates", "schooners", etc. I think you would make a very interesting video focusing on the beggining of Expansion, and the vanguard role of the Portuguese in it, which knew how to use the best caracteristics of shipbuilding of other peoples, like arabs for instance and develop from there to conquer "the unknown". Regards!
P.S. "On 12 December 2017, the Portuguese Navy commemorated the 700th anniversary of its official creation by King Denis of Portugal. Tracing its origins back to the 12th century, it is the oldest continuously serving navy in the world."
Well said. Trying to capture & sail a man o war or something would be like pirates trying to take a modern battleship or carrier today. Just not feasible. Risks way way too much for something they wouldnt even be able to handle.
Modern Somali pirates use much the same tactics. The only difference is that the oars and sails have been replaced with outboard motors and the muskets and swivel guns with AK's and RPG's respectively.
Could you also give the cutter (the one masted kind that are bigger than the boat version), pinnace, ketch, and the Corvette & Sloop-of-war (especially the latter two being their own video) and also the Galley by itself?
great video like always Do you plan on covering modern instances of piracy in the future? Somalia alone is insane, there is a whole economy surrounding piracy to a point individuals can invest items or money to pirates and see a return And idk if this really piracy but for a good while bands of men in Solomon islands would rob other boats out in the water. Also sell things like marijuana, arms to Australia and surrounding nations.
It's not difficult to imagine experienced pirates could outmaneuver bigger ships with these canoes. Ship's cannon were positioned to hit other ships of similar size. They couldn't really be aimed with precision, unless you maneuvered the entire ship to give the enemy a full broadside.
No wonder why the Pinnace's are one of the best ships in Sid Meier's pirates. Seriously meme's aside here, back in the day on the original Xbox when I was a kid. If I couldn't get one of the legendary pirate ships (or the bigger frigates, galleons, treasure ships or flyuts at that) I would find a pinnace-class ship (mainly the war-canoe, by going to one of the Indian villages and convincing their chief to attack a settlement). I eventually got so good with them (with my training of the regular pinnace class and the mail runner); That I could capture galleons and treasure ships unharmed with just the war canoe. It truly was a blast. You haven't lived your life fully, untill you successfully have zig-zagged and blitzkrieg-bopped a Spanish Treasure Ship (or Henry Morgan/Blackbeard).
When I read about this in my own researches on this era and aspect, I also immediately thought about the modern day pirates and their extensive use of launches, the modern equivalent. I don't think that classical age or medieval pirates used them though (Hmm, Longboats could be the same class though, they were used a lot like the Pirates used dugouts and piraguas), but since Early Modern times to now, definitely very popular for piracy.
who knew Sid Meier's pirates was the most accurate pirate simulator. there's a strategy in the game. where you capture an indian war canoe, or a mail carrier boat. load it with men and just board everything, outmanouvering their guns.
Thanks for the information that was rather surprising, considering how often the idea of a big 3 mast pirate ship has been shoved in my face. Makes sense the most logical and reasonable ship doesn't look the best on screen. Are there any/ or some instances where a pirate and not a privateer would have had a ship that large?
I like the videos the only weird thing is your accent a scandinivan obessed with pirates? sweden and norway and denmark had vikngs but no ocean warfare lol
Jamacia to panama in what is basically fucking row boat is crazy you didn’t mention it but how did they sail did they go by the coast like the greeks of old or did they do like the bigger ships and just go true the ocean
ok, and do you have any sources to underline your disagreement? bark: generally a single-decked, often round-sterned vessel of ten to one hundred tons, one or two masts. Generally a coastal trader. The term encompasses a variety of rigs and hulls. Smaller barks were often open, without a deck. Little, Benerson. The Sea Rover's Practice: Pirate Tactics and Techniques, 1630-1730 (p. 229). Potomac Books. Kindle Edition. additionally you can check out the chapter on 17th century barks in the book "Colonial Vessels" which is additionally available online: babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015012858067&view=1up&seq=1&skin=2021
@@GoldandGunpowder The description you gave in the video differs from the one you wrote in your reply to me. If by this definition a bark weighted anything from 10 to 100 tons, it not something you easily row. Sure, some barks from the period might have been able to be rowed. But to lump all barks together like that does not reflect the whole truth. As I understand it, a bark could be almost any type of small ship before the seventeen hundreds, but around that time and until present day, a bark is generally a ship with three or more masts, and hardly something you would row. See HM Bark Endeavour for an example.
...and this video, like all my videos on this channel, only concern the period 1630-1730. your example and your description is obviously from the wikipedia page for bark, which is garbage, and wikipedia in general should not be used as a source. why? in this example, the page for barks. ONLY COVERS the late 1700s! if it wasn't obvious in the contents of the video, and my channel description, i only cover the golden age of piracy, defined as 1630-1730. your wikipedia description is completely irrelevant. it explains a "bark rigging", which just didn't exist during the 1600s. ship definitions and their names changed and evolved throughout the age of sail. do you think everything just remained static for hundreds of years? and no, barks can still be rowed. you do know that even ships weighing 200 tons and above were rowed? see the charles galley for example. ships had large ports through which you put massive oars called "sweeps"(you see them in curse of the black pearl). the oars were manned by +3 people and they rowed them standing up. if these large vessels could be rowed, then that is evidence enough that smaller vessels like barks could be rowed
@@GoldandGunpowder In the video you say that "A bark is a..." You could be more specific and say for example "a bark during this period" or "a spanish bark was described as.." This was the first video of yours I saw and to hear you to blatantly claim the definition of a bark as you did was off-putting. Särskilt när man själv arbetat sig blodig med att städa barken Viking i Göteborg.
If the video isn't about barks it isn't relevant or interesting for me to explain every possible definition of it, it's merely distracting and detracts from the point that canoes were able to go up against vessels that were seemingly, technically superior. Neither do I want to spend 2 minutes every video explaining what period my channel covers and that the definitions of seafaring vessels developed through the Age of Sail and that online information rarely respects the period which I exclusively cover on my channel, more on that in my channel description. It's up to the viewer to have some critical thinking. If a scenario I describe is set in this period, it should be obvious that the vessels I discuss abide by the rules and definitions of said period. I spoke about grenades for example - it it obvious that the grenades are discussed are hollow iron spheres filled with scrap metal and black powder lit by a fuse, not a modern shrapnel grenade or German potato masher.
It would be extremely difficult to hit a canoe or other small boat with a cannon. They're not that accurate and take a while to reload. While the gun crew was trying to service the cannon, the attackers are shooting them with musket fire and tossing grenades. But canoes don't look cool in the mooobies.
Almost impossible to hit a ship so small and fast just like the pirates of today. Also you cannot hit anything below your gun line. Lol your cannon ball will just roll out
It's not about having the best pirate ship; it's about having the best pirate fleet.
Piraguas are so useful for navigation in shallow coasts, rivers and more.
If I set sail as a pirate/buccaneer, I would probably just have a fleet of piraguas, 1-2 battle sloops, and a treasure/medical ship that would be a larger stolen trading vessel, assuming I could capture what was needed.
A bit surprising to me that they would go THAT small, but I already knew that pirates preferred relatively small vessels. But it kinda makes sense, as the small size means they are harder to hit, and carrying large guns wouldn't help too much as you don't want to accidentally sink the ship you're trying to rob. Still, I would've expected an "age of sail"-version of a Drakkar
They could also traverse in hard to reach areas to escape or surprise from.
Not to mention, you can get 10-20 of them and swarm and encircle ships 10x the size of a piragua.
He has said in other videos that most of the guns pirates used couldn’t sink merchant ships anyway, they were just used to destroy sails and rigging and force the crews below deck. Only the heaviest of guns could penetrate the hull of a ship and even then there were carpenters below ready to plug the holes.
And if you used oars only, no sail, you were extremely hard to spot untill it was too late.
Let's face it, big ships are mostly good on the open seas. Near the shore or shoals, big ships become rather helpless.
And if you're an experienced pirate and have put your forces into a neat ambush waiting for a big ship, you could strike it rich without much loss.
Also, in case your raid went extremely well and your crew was loaded with more goods and gold than they could carry or ship, you could always take the ship that you just attacked and use her to sail to a friendly port.
@@AudieHolland The main strength of pirates also lies in the numbers in the boarding party. Merchant ships carry as little crews as possible to save space for the cargo and to save money on the salaries. If your boarding party can easily overwhelm the crews why bother with cannons? Pirates relied more on the swivel guns and marksmen to keep the decks suppressed until they could board their target ships.
It’s not always size that counts, it’s how you use it ;)
;) motion of the ocean
For some reason, the fleet of small rowboats fighting a bigger ship sounds way more interesting and engaging than just two big ships fighting each other. But I do remember the movie Polański's Pirates from 1986 where buccaneers attack a galleon with their boats, which may be the only attempt (although a poor one) at being creative with their source material.
This account is so underrated for how much work seemingly was put into every video. I love learning more about pirates, and I didn’t even know they went as small as using row boats. Great video once again
Reminds me of the times where I’ve been blown up by pirates using rowboat kegs on Sea of Thieves. A tactic that I also like to do as well.
Denmark used privateers in rowing boats to patrol the danish waters in 1807-1814 during the Napoleonic wars.
Anyone who has played sea of thieves knows the danger of a rowboat filled with dangerous and determined pirates.
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Bro, you definently deserve more subscribers you are literally underrated as hell, keep it up with these videos.
Morpheus with two eyepatches (esp with that music) is one the funniest things I've seen in my life
I watch a lot of UA-cam documentaries and it’s refreshing to watch one produced by someone who understands how to mix the audio. The nearly inaudible grumbling when you said the piragua is not to be confused with a tasty treat was subtle and very clever, and the choice of music and keeping it well under the narrative was skillfully done. Subscribed
Somali pirates often have mother ships which store provisions, ammo, and house the pirates and the smaller and better raiding craft when not in use.
Would pirates back then have used something similar if they could have or would that have been ineffective? Have a giant galleon filled to the brim with food and water, ammo, beds and storage for captured prizes, as well as attachments for the raising of piraguas
Possibly pirate-piloted Peraguas packing powerful patereros?
My dad was almost robbed by Haitians in a dugout canoe, I guess they were still used in the 1990s . Luckily for him their only weapons were machetes, and they backed off when they heard his rifle. He didn't have to shoot any of them.
I broke down laughing after seeing Morpheus with two eyepatches.
Excellent video and channel! I read about the pirate l'Olonnais that at one point he took about 20 men, got them into a fishing boat which he stole from a fisherman, and with that he made a surprise attack during the night on an unsuspecting Spanish man of war that was supposed to hunt him down. Before boarding he made a hole into his boat so there would be no means of retreat, and in the end he succeeded in taking over the ship.
I love these little guys. I'm definately giving them as an option to use if I ever make a game. Who wouldn't want to use rowboats?
You can pack a lot of pirates on a good rowboat, matey! They're quiet and deadly! Perfect for sneaking up, climbing over the side, and taking a bigger ship. Go at night and two or three quiet, black rowboats packed with your guys and you got a whole crew on board before the mark knows what's going on. I'll bet this tactic was used more than once in "friendly harbors."
Sometimes they did even have small cannons on them.
You deliver such great content and interact with your community on discord! Thanks so much for all the work you put in your videos. I'm learning a lot from you but also from primary source reading!
This reminds me of the later Gunboat War that Denmark-Norway fought against Great Britain in the early 19th century. Previously at the Battle of Copenhagen(s) the British pretty much destroyed/captured the entire navy of Denmark-Norway. So the Danish fashioned gunboats to go up against the British Navy. These were pretty big rowboats, the largest of which could have a crew of about 70 men, and they could have cannons and howitzers on them. Apparently these boats were successfully used to capture British Brigs and other smaller vessels, but weren't effective against Ships of the Line.
Congratulations on your channel, which I started following recently. Just a note on the fact that I didn´t find yet any mention of the Portuguese, in the matter of ships, shipbuilding, pirates etc. The Portuguese were already "expanding" by exploration in very early 15th century and the ships and boats used are of extreme importance for what later would be other nations following. Those nations totally changed their views on ships and how to best build them, because of the Portuguese developments in several aspects. The "super fast" ("mexeriqueira") caravel hull is completely... a later sloop in the caribbean. The bigger "armed caravel", also called "round caravel" hull is the "father" of many other developments in the immediate centuries after, with "frigates", "schooners", etc. I think you would make a very interesting video focusing on the beggining of Expansion, and the vanguard role of the Portuguese in it, which knew how to use the best caracteristics of shipbuilding of other peoples, like arabs for instance and develop from there to conquer "the unknown". Regards!
P.S. "On 12 December 2017, the Portuguese Navy commemorated the 700th anniversary of its official creation by King Denis of Portugal. Tracing its origins back to the 12th century, it is the oldest continuously serving navy in the world."
Been waiting all week for this ,thanks mate .⛵🏴☠️
Piragua here we come!
Well said. Trying to capture & sail a man o war or something would be like pirates trying to take a modern battleship or carrier today. Just not feasible. Risks way way too much for something they wouldnt even be able to handle.
Not to mention it brings unwanted attention.
Modern Somali pirates use much the same tactics. The only difference is that the oars and sails have been replaced with outboard motors and the muskets and swivel guns with AK's and RPG's respectively.
Once again interesting video with new info to me at least. Cheers!🏴☠
Can you imagine trying to a tiny little canoe with a pre twentieth century cannon? Wow.
swivel guns
The only thing that historically accurate from pirates of the caribbean movies is Jack Sparrow operating a small boat
And the irony that he made full circle from the first movie and the third movie.
This captain is looking for an exact copy of the one at the end of potc2 🏴☠️
Could you also give the cutter (the one masted kind that are bigger than the boat version), pinnace, ketch, and the Corvette & Sloop-of-war (especially the latter two being their own video) and also the Galley by itself?
great video like always
Do you plan on covering modern instances of piracy in the future?
Somalia alone is insane, there is a whole economy surrounding piracy to a point individuals can invest items or money to pirates and see a return
And idk if this really piracy but for a good while bands of men in Solomon islands would rob other boats out in the water. Also sell things like marijuana, arms to Australia and surrounding nations.
Excellent narrative!
I used to tell people this and they never believed me.
Why is that
@@trangho5317 They all thought that movies were documentaries
@@michaelsmith8028 i remember that henry morgan fleet have pirogues boat and bark ship
Virgin gAlLeOn Chad Piragua!
pretty much any vessel not including stone age canoes carved out of tree logs is cringe
Thanks this is good channel about sea roving
It's not difficult to imagine experienced pirates could outmaneuver bigger ships with these canoes.
Ship's cannon were positioned to hit other ships of similar size. They couldn't really be aimed with precision, unless you maneuvered the entire ship to give the enemy a full broadside.
No wonder why the Pinnace's are one of the best ships in Sid Meier's pirates.
Seriously meme's aside here, back in the day on the original Xbox when I was a kid. If I couldn't get one of the legendary pirate ships (or the bigger frigates, galleons, treasure ships or flyuts at that) I would find a pinnace-class ship (mainly the war-canoe, by going to one of the Indian villages and convincing their chief to attack a settlement).
I eventually got so good with them (with my training of the regular pinnace class and the mail runner); That I could capture galleons and treasure ships unharmed with just the war canoe.
It truly was a blast.
You haven't lived your life fully, untill you successfully have zig-zagged and blitzkrieg-bopped a Spanish Treasure Ship (or Henry Morgan/Blackbeard).
That's a known exploit even at the beginning of the game if you spam thrust during combat the enemy can't react
11:37 the pinnace is the perfect ship for Sid Meier’s Pirates
When I read about this in my own researches on this era and aspect, I also immediately thought about the modern day pirates and their extensive use of launches, the modern equivalent. I don't think that classical age or medieval pirates used them though (Hmm, Longboats could be the same class though, they were used a lot like the Pirates used dugouts and piraguas), but since Early Modern times to now, definitely very popular for piracy.
should make a video analyzing how accurate is the ships from the sea of thieves
no i dont like video games
@@GoldandGunpowder you make another video about pirate used pirogues boat and canoe very interesting for sure thanks
who knew Sid Meier's pirates was the most accurate pirate simulator.
there's a strategy in the game. where you capture an indian war canoe, or a mail carrier boat. load it with men and just board everything, outmanouvering their guns.
Great content, well presented. Thanks for all your work, dude!
Let's face it, they look funny but it's a very effective tool for boarding.
The humble rowboat was also used by privateers and pirates here in New England.
My friends call me insane when i prefer to use the rowboat in Sea of Thieves
so, the man o' war is in fact in sea of thieves
Man I love Pierogis...
Little boats like that, I'd use a few puntguns
Thanks for the information that was rather surprising, considering how often the idea of a big 3 mast pirate ship has been shoved in my face. Makes sense the most logical and reasonable ship doesn't look the best on screen. Are there any/ or some instances where a pirate and not a privateer would have had a ship that large?
Nevermind I found your pirate ships playlist I'll dive through that, cheers.
amazing video
whoah thanks
This proves that Pirates of the Caribbean has the most realistic depiction of pirate ships.* Checkmate, haters!
*In the very beginning of part 1.
Only gigachad pirates use rowboats and piraguas.
Yarg!
Periaguas FTW!
I like the videos the only weird thing is your accent a scandinivan obessed with pirates? sweden and norway and denmark had vikngs but no ocean warfare lol
🔴 *World of Warcraft* used as your background music !,
yeas
So, Somali pirates with AKs are carrying on a tradition
Can anyone find a link for the movie "The Devil's Treasure" used in this video?
I can't find anything about it, and would like to check it out.
Jamacia to panama in what is basically fucking row boat is crazy you didn’t mention it but how did they sail did they go by the coast like the greeks of old or did they do like the bigger ships and just go true the ocean
Piragua -> pirate
Coincidence, I think not
Ye in another video you admited that when they had to do long voyages pirates did get the big ships
Interesting. Although I dont agree on your description of a bark.
ok, and do you have any sources to underline your disagreement?
bark: generally a single-decked, often round-sterned vessel of ten to one hundred tons, one or two masts. Generally a coastal trader. The term encompasses a variety of rigs and hulls. Smaller barks were often open, without a deck.
Little, Benerson. The Sea Rover's Practice: Pirate Tactics and Techniques, 1630-1730 (p. 229). Potomac Books. Kindle Edition.
additionally you can check out the chapter on 17th century barks in the book "Colonial Vessels" which is additionally available online: babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015012858067&view=1up&seq=1&skin=2021
@@GoldandGunpowder The description you gave in the video differs from the one you wrote in your reply to me. If by this definition a bark weighted anything from 10 to 100 tons, it not something you easily row. Sure, some barks from the period might have been able to be rowed. But to lump all barks together like that does not reflect the whole truth.
As I understand it, a bark could be almost any type of small ship before the seventeen hundreds, but around that time and until present day, a bark is generally a ship with three or more masts, and hardly something you would row.
See HM Bark Endeavour for an example.
...and this video, like all my videos on this channel, only concern the period 1630-1730. your example and your description is obviously from the wikipedia page for bark, which is garbage, and wikipedia in general should not be used as a source. why? in this example, the page for barks. ONLY COVERS the late 1700s! if it wasn't obvious in the contents of the video, and my channel description, i only cover the golden age of piracy, defined as 1630-1730. your wikipedia description is completely irrelevant. it explains a "bark rigging", which just didn't exist during the 1600s. ship definitions and their names changed and evolved throughout the age of sail. do you think everything just remained static for hundreds of years?
and no, barks can still be rowed. you do know that even ships weighing 200 tons and above were rowed? see the charles galley for example. ships had large ports through which you put massive oars called "sweeps"(you see them in curse of the black pearl). the oars were manned by +3 people and they rowed them standing up. if these large vessels could be rowed, then that is evidence enough that smaller vessels like barks could be rowed
@@GoldandGunpowder In the video you say that "A bark is a..."
You could be more specific and say for example "a bark during this period" or "a spanish bark was described as.."
This was the first video of yours I saw and to hear you to blatantly claim the definition of a bark as you did was off-putting. Särskilt när man själv arbetat sig blodig med att städa barken Viking i Göteborg.
If the video isn't about barks it isn't relevant or interesting for me to explain every possible definition of it, it's merely distracting and detracts from the point that canoes were able to go up against vessels that were seemingly, technically superior. Neither do I want to spend 2 minutes every video explaining what period my channel covers and that the definitions of seafaring vessels developed through the Age of Sail and that online information rarely respects the period which I exclusively cover on my channel, more on that in my channel description. It's up to the viewer to have some critical thinking. If a scenario I describe is set in this period, it should be obvious that the vessels I discuss abide by the rules and definitions of said period. I spoke about grenades for example - it it obvious that the grenades are discussed are hollow iron spheres filled with scrap metal and black powder lit by a fuse, not a modern shrapnel grenade or German potato masher.
a drakkar indid
another great video! where is the image @ 8:38 from?
I don't know I found it on pinterest or google images
Average sized boat. Or maybe a little above average. 😅😅⛵️🛶
How many swivel guns could you fit on a Piragua?
piraguas didnt carry swivels
Looking at the illustrations in this episode, they would carry one swivel gun up at the bow if they carried one at all
And you know what? yes the canoe in sid meiyers pirates is the strongest and the best ship XD i dont joke
John Paul jones was a pirate!
It would be extremely difficult to hit a canoe or other small boat with a cannon. They're not that accurate and take a while to reload. While the gun crew was trying to service the cannon, the attackers are shooting them with musket fire and tossing grenades. But canoes don't look cool in the mooobies.
swivel guns were most effective against boats like these
Almost impossible to hit a ship so small and fast just like the pirates of today. Also you cannot hit anything below your gun line. Lol your cannon ball will just roll out
you used swivel guns against them, and no shot would not roll out of their gun because they were loaded with wadding to prevent that
@@GoldandGunpowder in maratha navy have a boat them call gallivat used with used in them fleet
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4:45 😋
zippy!
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Fta
First, cant wait
your inpatient
@@tankboy7501 no, i just love his videos.
@@fvuucst574g6 oh ok, but your still inpatient
@@tankboy7501 I guess.