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Old Shipwreck Found
https:/ /www.bb c.co.uk /news/w orld-la tin-ame rica-57 878969
This is an exciting item if you are interested in old shipwrecks.
I do have a minor quibble/query. There is a reference therein to live cannonballs .
I thought cannonballs were just inert lumps of iron which smashed the wooden hulls of enemy ships after being fired from a live cannon. The ball itself not being live. And being pretty solid, you couldn't tell whether one had been fired or not.
This is an exciting item if you are interested in old shipwrecks.
I do have a minor quibble/query. There is a reference therein to live cannonballs .
I thought cannonballs were just inert lumps of iron which smashed the wooden hulls of enemy ships after being fired from a live cannon. The ball itself not being live. And being pretty solid, you couldn't tell whether one had been fired or not.
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