Cannons were first used by the English during the Hundred Years War, when primitive artillery was used at the Battle of Crécy. Under the Tudors, the first forts featuring cannon batteries were built, while cannon were first used by the Tudor navy.
Demi-cannon Carronade The Tudors and the Royal Navy Demi-culverin Cannon Culverin Round shot Royal Regiment of Artillery Osprey Publishing Naval artillery Battle of Crécy Hundred Years War Age of Discovery Thirteen Colonies New France Ship of the line Royal Irish Artillery Pace (length) Falconet (cannon) Anglo–Spanish War (1585) Device Forts Naval artillery in the Age of Sail Deal Castle Fleet Review Siege of Calais Battle of Quebec (1690) William George Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong Long gun Battle of Sainte-Foy David Nicolle Cannonball Joseph Whitworth Spanish treasure fleet Jean Froissart Giovanni Villani Genoese Broadside Merchant vessel North America Mary Rose
