Harpoon cannon - Wikipedia
网页A harpoon cannon is a whaling implement developed in the late 19th century and most used in the 20th century. It would be mounted on the bow of a whale catcher, where it could be easily aimed with a wide field of view at the target.
Harpoons - Robert Hellman Whaling Collection
网页The whaling harpoon, or “iron” as it was called by the men who used it, was little more than a huge fishhook. Its purpose was to fasten and hold the “fish” until it could be killed by the hand lance or gun-fired explosive lance. Since the beginning of its recorded history in the Western World, the whale fishery—as the industry was ...
Whaling Guns - Robert Hellman Whaling Collection
网页Shoulder guns were more efficacious at firing bomb lances that killed whales, but not attaching them to the whaleboat by harpoon. The most successful device was the hybrid “darting gun”—a firearm on a wooden pole that was hand-thrust at the whale with a harpoon attached.
Swivel Guns and Swivel Gun Harpoons - Whalesite
网页2022年10月26日 · The solution to this problem was thought to be shooting a harpoon from a gun into a whale. The gun, mounted in the bow of the whaleboat, was called a swivel gun because it was secured on a swivel mount to allow turning it …
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网页In the later 19th century, guns with explosive charges shooting the harpoons took the place of hand tools for catching and killing whales. They were much safer, for they could be shot at a whale from greater distances than a hand lance could be applied. They also penetrated the whale’s skin deeper and were harder for the animal to dislodge.
Whaling Gun - Nauticapedia
网页This much more efficient – and deadlier – harpoon gun design was the invention that allowed large–scale industrial whaling to begin, an event from which the world’s whaling stocks and oceanic ecosystems have yet to recover as …
Harpoons and Whalecraft - New Bedford Whaling Museum
网页Installed on the first floor of the restored Bourne Building “Harpoons and Whalecraft” displayed the full spectrum of whaling weaponry devised in the 19th century, from classic harpoons to massive guns, providing new insight into what amounted to the greatest big-game hunt ever pursued by man.
REH035 - Robert Hellman Whaling Collection
网页20th century (ca. 1960’s) American 50 mm gun harpoon, probably used as a non-exploding or “Cold Harpoon.” This harpoon is moderately deformed from conflict with the whale, and the shank is quite snaky.
Whale cannon harpoon - Australian National Maritime Museum
网页This harpoon was designed for use in a whale cannon or harpoon gun. It was built by Kongsberg Vaabenfabrik in Norway in 1947. The barbed head of the harpoon had an explosive shell attached to it. When the harpoon struck the whale, the barbs opened out and smashed a glass phial of sulphuric acid which then set off the charge.
Photos: Rare First-Generation Swivel Whaling Harpoon Gun - The Firearm Blog
网页2014年7月31日 · A rare and impressive whaling gun from the earliest period of firearm innovation in the fishing industry, this English Whaling Harpoon Gun is a stout and serious instrument that revolutionized whaling. Made by George Wallis of Hull, he is recognized as the first successful maker of the swivel-mounted harpoon gun, circa 1800.
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