France - Chambreteau, La Rochelle, Bordeaux to Biscarrosse

On The Hermione, the provisions were stored on the bottom level then the sleeping and living quarters then the cannons above that and finally the navigation and orders came from the top deck. The idea of the cannon balls were to break the masts of enemy ships and bring down their rigging or to put a hole low enough in the ship itself to sink it.

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