Current knowledge concerning the introduction of shipboard artillery in Europe is limited. A small, muzzle-loading cast copper-alloy gun recovered off Marstrand on the west coast of Sweden may, however, provide some important leads regarding this development. Radiocarbon analysis of a piece of cloth from the powder chamber, possibly the remains of a cartouche, suggests a date for the cannon in the fourteenth century, making it probably the earliest example of European shipboard artillery found so far. In this paper we give an account of our recent investigations of this important find, which also include a geochemical analysis of the metal used for the casting of the gun.

目前关于欧洲引进舰载火炮的知识有限。然而，在瑞典西海岸马斯特兰德附近发现的一把小型枪口装填铸造铜合金枪可能会为这一发展提供一些重要线索。对火药室中的一块布（可能是漩涡花饰的残骸）进行的放射性碳分析表明，这门大炮的年代为十四世纪，这使其可能是迄今为止发现的欧洲舰载火炮的最早样本。在本文中，我们介绍了我们最近对这一重要发现的调查，其中还包括对用于铸造枪的金属的地球化学分析。