Irish officials made extensive efforts to convince UK authorities to return extremely rare bronze cannons which were found in an Essex scrapyard. The Irish government claimed they were ...

Garrett, a Hong Kong-based expert in antique weapons and author of the book The Defences of Macao: Fort, Ships and Weapons Over 450 Years, notes: “The Bocarro cannons were certainly top grade ...

At the time of its sinking, the London was one of only four English naval ships to have a full complement of 76 bronze cannons. Each gun carriage would have been unique because the London’s guns ...