At this time they formed a large proportion of the quarter-deck armament of the frigates and nearly all the armament of many sloops and most gun-brigs of the French Revolutionary Wars.
Ngelixesha babumba umlinganiselo wesiqingatha kumgangatho wemikhosi yelizwe yenqanawa enesantya epheleka ezinye nekufutshane kuyo yonke imikhosi yelizwe yesikhephe esinemasti enye nowona waziwayovwemipu kwinqanawa enemasti ezimbini neseyile esisikwere yomlo wamaFrentshi avukelayo.