# Gunroom

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{{Short description|Room on a naval vessel or in an English country house}}
[[File:Vasa-orlop aft gunroom.jpg|thumb|300px|The aft gunroom on the [''Vasa''](/source/Vasa_(ship))]]
{{distinguish|Gun deck}}
A '''gunroom''' is the [junior officer](/source/junior_officer)s' [mess](/source/mess) on a naval vessel. It was occupied by the officers below the rank of [lieutenant](/source/lieutenant).  In wooden sailing ships it was on a lower deck, and was originally the quarters of the gunner,<ref>{{EB1911|inline=y|wstitle=Gun-room|volume=12|page=729}}</ref> but in its form as a mess, guns were not normally found in it. The senior officers' equivalent is the [wardroom](/source/wardroom).

In large ships of war, the gunroom was a compartment originally occupied by the gunner and his mates, but now fitted up for the accommodation of the junior officers; in smaller vessels, that used as a mess-room by the lieutenants.<ref>Oxford English Dictionary, "gunroom"</ref>

In an [English country house](/source/English_country_house), the gunroom is a secure walk-in vault in which sporting [rifle](/source/rifle)s, [shotgun](/source/shotgun)s, ammunition and other shooting accessories are kept.   They are locked away partly for security, partly as some makes such as [Holland & Holland](/source/Holland_%26_Holland) or [Purdey](/source/James_Purdey_and_Sons) are highly valuable (costing as much as £60,000 for shotguns and £100,000 for rifles and with a 2- to 3-year waiting list from order to delivery).<ref name="ReferenceB">{{Cite web |url=http://www.hollandandholland.com/history/history3.htm |title=Holland and Holland: History |access-date=2010-09-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100127060416/http://www.hollandandholland.com/history/history3.htm |archive-date=2010-01-27 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==See also==
* [Magazine (artillery)](/source/Magazine_(artillery))

==References==
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{{Sailing ship elements}}

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Category:Military catering

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