Richard C
Do you want one from the prospective of the captain or one from the ship's wheel. or helm......where the helmsman would steer (drive) the ship. Also, Pirates often sailed ships that they had taken over at sea, which could have been, and in fact where everything from cargo vessels to Man O War Sailing ships in the Kings Navy. You might not understand my Avatar photo is of a Gun port from a sailing ship like you describe with a cannon run out and ready to fire.