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>I'm trying to know when where out of use the swivel >guns (French "pierriers", Spanish "pedreros") at >different navies. > >I know that American and British used them at the >Revolutionary war, but I don't remember if they used >them at the War of 1812. > >I think that the British probably declared the swivels >out of use in a certain date (probably after 1783 and >before 1803 -or perhaps before 1793-), but I don't >know when ... > >The Spanish used the "pedreros" at least during the >first decade of the XIX Century, also during the first >yeers of the Hispanic American Independence war and >had still some use for them about 1818, at least in >the vessels they armed at Philipines Is. >I don't have any idea about the data when the French >abolished the pierriers. >Bye and thanks in advance >Gerardo

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