Mensun Bound - Elizabethan Maritime Trust

Elizabethan Maritime Trust

Since 1992 Mensun Bound has been at the forefront of an archaeological research into an Elizabethan ship that sank of the north west coast of Alderney in 1592. In the course of this, Mensun Bound found three cannons. Cannons made in Tudor times were of different sizes of bore, so finding the right cannon ball for the right cannon was time-consuming during battle. In Elizabethan times, the threat from the Spanish made English naval power vital, and importance was given to new cannons having a uniform bore; a ship with ten cannons abreast firing at the same time provided increased power and gunnery for the newly developed English navy.