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some say it cant be pirate ship since its carrying only 7 cannons.. but rather its for small commercial vessel carrying the guns for protectionprobably 1600's Dutch canons from the of the Barbary corsairs ( pirates ) the Dutch ran a large Pirate fleet in that area.
one of the pictures indicates its iron.. how we can tell for sureBronze or iron? If Bronze, they are worth a bundle of money. Here's what they look like somewhat cleaned up. These are 1652 cannons from Amsterdam.View attachment 403905
There are only a few dozen known swivel guns in the world. The collector I mentioned has the one from the Atocha and a couple of others. Small cannons are just as valuable as 16 pounders.The third pictures looks like a bronze canon, the Dutch had some bronze canons, and that small canon is worth some money, pirates had small boats because they are faster, it is not like the movies.