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gun deck
noun
- (formerly, on a warship) any deck, other than the weather deck, having cannons from end to end.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of gun deck1
First recorded in 1670–80
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Parts of the ship’s sides had collapsed onto the seabed but the hull was otherwise preserved up to a lower gun deck.
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Swivel guns are still in place on the ship’s gun deck.
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The Current was quick, and she didn’t have the double gun decks and the heavy artillery of the Crux.
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Aug. 10, 1628: Sweden’s King Adolphus wants the world’s most powerful warship, and no one dares tell him that its double gun decks and shallow hold will make it unstable.
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The areas of the ship where they lived and worked, such as the surgeon's cabin and the gun deck have also been recreated.
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