70,000 lbs of gunpowder 600 36 lb shot 3000 24 lb shot 4000 18 lb shot 400 15 lb shot 12000 12 lb shot 4000 8 lb shot 6000 6 lb shot 2000 5 lb shot 2000 4 lb shot 6000 1 lb shotI believe that they fired a number of one pound shot from larger caliber guns, either for anti-personnel or anti-masts and rigging shooting.
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Saturday, August 11, 2007
List of ammunition for the Admiralty of Rotterdam in early 1654
Another photograph that arrived today showed the ammunition available for the Admiralty of Rotterdam in early 1654: