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QUARTER-GUNNER
QUARTER-GUNNER, an inferior officer under the direction of the gunner of a ship of war, whom he is to assist in every branch of his duty; as keeping the guns and their carriages in proper order, and duly furnished with whatever is necessary; filling the powder into cartridges; scaling the guns, and keeping them always in a condition for service. The number of quarter-gunners in any ship is always in proportion to the number of her artillery, one quarter-gunner being allowed to every four cannon.
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© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 226, 2003
Prepared by Paul Turnbull
http://southseas.nla.gov.au/refs/falc/1013.html