20pdr bronze 3781 lbs 15pdr bronze 2750 lbs 10pdr iron 3162 lbs 5pdr iron 1530 lbs 5pdr bronze 1406 lbs
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Sunday, December 02, 2007
Odd sized Dutch guns: 20pdr, 15pdr, 10pdr, and 5pdr
The usual Dutch guns, by shot weight in the mid-17th Century were 3pdr, 4pdr, 6pdr, 8pdr, 12pdr, 18pdr, and 24pdr. There was an alternate series of guns: 5pdr, 10pdr, 15pdr, and 20pdr. I happen to have weights for those particular pieces, at least the ones used on ships of the Admiralty of Zeeland (from a list from 27 March 1653):