The guns of Nelson's ships in 1805 were not very different from those of Drake's in 1588. This survey of the armament of the wooden sailing man-of-war and other vessels describes surviving examples such as the cast brass and wrought iron pieces from the Mary Rose, the guns and carronades of the Victory and the armament of HMS Warrior (1860), at the end of the smooth-bore era. Types of gun, sizes, weight of shot and range, details of carriages, crews and gun drill are combined with illustrations from the National Maritime Museum's collections.