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  Re: her majesty's new sloop! HMS Tempest has arrived!
 
(...) Nonono, a sloop has ONE mast (At least since the 17th century; before that, it could be up to 3). Any ship with more than that cannot actually BE a sloop. "Sloop of War" is defined as a ship with cannons on one deck only. Both my own reference (...) (22 years ago, 15-May-04, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
 
  Re: her majesty's new sloop! HMS Tempest has arrived!
 
(...) Nice work! (uses leet hacking skills to see rest of pics) Clean lines, sloping done to perfection etc. So is it a ghost ship or have you crewed it yet? ;) (...) I'm no help on the accuracy side of things, I generally only take a cursory look (...) (22 years ago, 15-May-04, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
 
  Re: her majesty's new sloop! HMS Tempest has arrived!
 
(...) respectfully, my reference books say that the term "sloop" is very ambiguous. originally, it had meant a single masted vessel, but that definition changhed over time. the definition of a "sloop of war" is a vessel captained by an officer with (...) (22 years ago, 15-May-04, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
 
  Re: her majesty's new sloop! HMS Tempest has arrived!
 
(...) Or brigantine, technically, since the mainsail itself is gaff-rigged. Here's a page that explains: (URL) (22 years ago, 15-May-04, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
 
  Re: her majesty's new sloop! HMS Tempest has arrived!
 
(...) Here's some constructive criticism to start with, Steve: A "sloop" is by definition a single masted ship (with one jib). Your ship is actually a brig. Another thing you may want to change is the mast heights. The mainmast should be higher than (...) (22 years ago, 15-May-04, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)

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