Gun deck

Gun deck of HMS Victory
The lower gun deck of the Swedish 17th century warship Vasa looking toward the bow

The term gun deck used to refer to a deck aboard a ship that was primarily used for the mounting of cannon to be fired in broadsides. The term is generally applied to decks enclosed under a roof; smaller and unrated vessels carried their guns on the upper deck, forecastle and quarterdeck, and these were not described as gun decks.[1][2]

  1. ^ Knight, p 798
  2. ^ Cutler, p 107

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