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mads.xsd"><authority><topic authority="http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en">bomb vessels</topic></authority><related type="broader"><topic>warships carrying projectile weapons</topic></related><variant type="other"><topic>bomb ketches</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>bomb vessel</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>bombs</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>bombships</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>ketches, bomb</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>vessels, bomb</topic></variant> <note xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ Sailing warships carrying one or more heavy mortars or howitzers mounted on specially constructed platforms or in heavily reinforced pits; often ketch-rigged to give mortars a clearer field of fire forward and used in bombarding coastal towns or fortresses. ]]></note></mads>