The Arms and Armament consist of categories related to artillery, ammunition, and personal arms. Artillery consists of the ship's cannon and related equipment (e.g. touch hole covers, tampions), but also hand grenades. Ammunition includes iron shot, grenades, and lead shot, the latter of which may have been used for personal firearms, as well as, in cannon. Personal arms, to date are restricted to various elements of firearms (i.e. barrels, firing mechanism, decorative side and heel plates, trigger guard, and gunflints). No bladed instruments have been found.

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