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The English ship Christopher was armed with three cannon and one hand gun. The Battle of Arnemuiden, fought between England and France in 1338 at the start of the Hundred Years' War, was the first recorded European naval battle using artillery. The Mongol invasion of Java introduced cannons to be used in naval warfare (e.g. The dromons of the Byzantine Empire carried catapults and fire-throwers.įrom the late Middle Ages onwards, warships began to carry cannons of various calibres. Julius Caesar indicates the use of ship-borne catapults against Britons ashore in his Commentarii de Bello Gallico. The idea of ship-borne artillery dates back to the classical era.
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The Battle of Arnemuiden saw the first use of artillery on board ships.
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