stern chaser

In addition, there was also two 12-pound stern chasers.

She then opened fire on Mutine with her stern chasers.

Byron seized the opportunity and fired his stern chasers, killing yet another six men.

But they could use their bow and stern chasers.'

Similarly, a second 68-pounder, also mounted on a traverse, replaced the two stern chasers.

Espoir was firing her stern chasers at Maria, and also broadsides.

At this point the action began, with Pitot's stern chasers opening fire upon Constellation.

The two stern chasers, thirty pounders, which were pointing directly at them, would be trained on them.

Freeman's stern chaser fired at regular intervals.

The ensuing confusion allowed Belvidera to fire her stern chasers, killing six more men aboard President.

However, Glatton's ports were too small to allow the larger guns to traverse properly, and she had no bow or stern chasers.

Another shell, hard on the heels of the first, but from the stern chaser, ploughed into the embankment before exploding, harming no men.

The stern chasers boomed together.

Stern chasers could also be improvised, or left permanently in the cabins at the stern, covered up and used as part of the furniture.

Its typical mounting as a bow or stern chaser, where it was not perpendicular to the keel, allowed room to operate this longer weapon.

It had four cannon amidships, two small bow chasers and two stern chasers.

Wayfarer, however, lacked the traditional stern chasers which normally crammed the aft section of a warship to capacity.

For answer, Freeman fired his stern chaser, sending a ball close to the Principessa's side, covering her deck with a spray of water.

She then gave chase to the other, carrying 28 guns, and after enduring fire from her stern chasers, came alongside and the Frenchman promptly surrendered.

Initially, the gunports were used to mount heavy so-called stern chasers pointing aft, but soon gun ports migrated to the sides of ships.

Najaden had a slab-sided hull and the typical Hohlenberg pinkie stern, with a place for two stern chaser guns.

After about three hours the two British ships had caught up with the French ship, which proceeded for the next hour to fire on them with her stern chasers.

Trained back over the stern the cannon could now be used as a stern chaser to bring the Arcturus under fire as soon as she drew within range.

We were still firing our forward ballistae at the Athena, as was the North Wind, while the Athena was firing her stern chasers.