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File:0059 Mandalay Palace Exit gun 8009.jpeg|Palace exit gun 8009<br> '''Image courtesy of the [http://www.angloburmeselibrary.com/ Anglo-Burmese Library]'''File:0061 Mandalay Palace Exit gun 8012.jpeg|Palace exit gun 8012<br> '''Image courtesy of the [http://www.angloburmeselibrary.com/ Anglo-Burmese Library]'''
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File:0060 Mandalay Palace Exit 8009 detail.jpeg|Gun 8009 detail 1<br> '''Image courtesy of the [http://www.angloburmeselibrary.com/ Anglo-Burmese Library]'''File:0063 Palace exit Rose & crown button.jpeg|Gun 8009 detail 2<br> '''Image courtesy of the [http://www.angloburmeselibrary.com/ Anglo-Burmese Library]'''File:0062 Mandalay Palace Exit 8012 detail.jpeg|Gun 8012 detail 1<br> '''Image courtesy of the [http://www.angloburmeselibrary.com/ Anglo-Burmese Library]'''File:0064 Palace exit button top detail.jpeg|Gun 8012 detail 2<br> '''Image courtesy of the [http://www.angloburmeselibrary.com/ Anglo-Burmese Library]'''
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Each of these 32-pounders would be serviced by 14 men and a 'powder monkey' (a small boy who could easily run up and down ladders carrying bags of gunpowder from deep in the ship's hold). HMS NEWARK was refitted in 1717 and in 1745. At each refit, and possible alteration to the ship's hull, it was usual to remove and assess which guns would still be needed. Those surplus to requirements, but still in good condition, would be transferred to the ordnance stores and placed on another ship as needed. Well founded cannon, if used with the correct amount of powder, single-shotted and not fired at extreme elevation, could be expected to last 1000 firings and a few were recorded as lasting for 3000 before becoming worn out and useless.
== Pair of Guns at Maymyo Forest Department ==
