Chase gun

"Let them taste the triple guns."

- Davy Jones to Olgivey

A chase gun, also known as a bow chaser, stern chaser or simply just chaser, was a cannon mounted in the bow or stern of a sailing ship. They were used to attempt to slow down a ship either pursuing or being pursued, typically by damaging the rigging and thereby causing the target to lose performance.

The Flying Dutchman was armed with a pair of triple-barrelled chase guns, secreted in demon-faced gunports in the ship's bow. These rapid-firing chase guns caused extensive damage to the Black Pearl's aft quarters following Jack Sparrow's escape from Isla Cruces.

Appearances

 * Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest