Each lugger carried one long gun and four brass howitzers, and had a crew of 28 men.

Arrow exchanged broadsides with the ship, Draak, of 24 guns (six 50-pound brass howitzers, two 32-pounder guns, and sixteen long 18-pounder guns), which surrendered when Wolverine came up.

The ship also received eight brass howitzers for use as saluting guns.

She had been armed with sixteen French 24-pounder carronades, two 9-pounder guns, a brass howitzer and four brass 3-pounder guns.

She was armed with two long 24-pounders and four brass howitzers.

Although Eagle carried a brass 32-pounder howitzer loaded with canister, she was unable to get off a shot.

In 1856, this concept was demonstrated in a series of experiments using brass howitzers.

Undine, a "tinclad" of eight 24-pounder brass howitzers, was able to outrun the Union ships and escape to the protection of Confederate shore batteries on Reynoldsburg Island.

Staines also added two brass howitzers to her armament.

She was armed with two brass howitzers and had a crew of 18 men.