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A bomb ketch was a type of wooden sailing ship with two masts. Its primary armament was not cannons ( long guns and carronades), but rather mortars mounted forward near the bow. Useful for assaulting fixed positions on land. An awkward vessel to handle in terms of seamanship.

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