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Re: French Navy Ranks
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Wed, 27 Mar 2002 04:15:43 GMT
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> I'm considering a gunboat to be a large, sloop rigged open boat with a
> single forward mounted cannon. I'm presuming it would probably be/could be
> stowed aboard a larger vessel (1). Later gunboats were definitely larger
> vessels, and would have been commanded by a higher rank.
Aha! Makes sense to me! I've come across a number of instances where gun
brigs and cutters were listed as gunboats, but that definition clears things
up neatly.
> Hmmm... like the ill-fated Political Officer aboard the Red October?
The very same!
> Ummm.... I hadn't occured to me that they didn't actually have any... it was
> a matter of "what interesting vessel could be made with this hull"....
Well, I have a feeling that after the Nile, the French would have been
willing to commission just about anything into the service. Bonaparte might
have particularly liked the idea of a mortar ship (being an artillery
officer and all) so if a British ketch happened to get cornered they
probably would have captured and commisioned her. That or built their own.
Whatever the case, the times were chaotic -- there's no shortage of ways to
get a French Bomb into action. If it's part of a Mediterranean squadron, you
could have it menacing Malta or something to that effect.
> My motivation was mainly the torsos I had on hand (and on hand to
> modify...), like the hull pieces I had to hand. And just to be a bit
> different, of course :-)
Ahhh, uniqueness! My evil schemes strive for the very same... though I won't
be getting a flying squadron out of them.
Can't wait to see pictures of the Brig (post soon!)
Kenneth Tam
P.S. - Oh yes, and Hornblower was quite an excellent series -- both on film
and on paper :-)
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| (...) Later gunboats were also designed for river penetration and close-in assault and, frankly, terror operations against foes without similar capability. The earlier definition seems like the more piratical one, though. :D (...) Political (...) (23 years ago, 27-Mar-02, to lugnet.pirates)
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| (...) I'm considering a gunboat to be a large, sloop rigged open boat with a single forward mounted cannon. I'm presuming it would probably be/could be stowed aboard a larger vessel (1). Later gunboats were definitely larger vessels, and would have (...) (23 years ago, 26-Mar-02, to lugnet.pirates)
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