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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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(...) 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. (...) The very same! (...) Well, I have a feeling that after the Nile, the French (...) (23 years ago, 27-Mar-02, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) An excellent series, and the basis for most of my ship knowledge of the era ;-) (...) I'm very pleased with the Brig (which owes a lot of the design inspiration to the larger ships out of Port Block), and have it displayed on top of the TV at (...) (23 years ago, 27-Mar-02, to lugnet.pirates)
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It's not French but Steve Beisty's(Sp?) Cross-Section of A Man-of-War has an excellent break down of the crew. Try also watching some Horatio Hornblower movies, in some they had some references to the French navy. Hope your fleet comes out (...) (23 years ago, 27-Mar-02, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) Most of the upper ranks are french words. Just some have E's etc removed when English-er-ing them. Most of the Deck Classes were named by function or part of the ship assigned to them. As were English and German(Elector era). Many of the (...) (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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(...) Excellent. I hadn't found a mention of "Lieutenant de vaisseau" (although it seemed obvious that the French would have a Lieutenant in there somewhere). And I hadn't found any mentions of enlisted ranks. Cheers Richie Dulin (23 years ago, 26-Mar-02, to lugnet.pirates)
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In lugnet.pirates, Lindsay Frederick Braun writes: OK--I've checked both in English and in French on the Web, and I've (...) My French rates even worse than my access to a good library :-( I've found some references to "enseigns" (1st and 2nd class) (...) (23 years ago, 26-Mar-02, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) Hmm... now I might be on the wrong page here, but I would always have expected only commissioned officers to command vessels -- at least in Britain. In other words, Commanders for the Brig and the Sloop (depending on the latter's size) and (...) (23 years ago, 26-Mar-02, to lugnet.pirates)
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I recently had the opportunity to visit the USS Constitution as part of a Maritime Archeology course, and was given access to parts of the ship not opened regularly to tourists. I took a few photos, and thought that they might be of interest to the (...) (23 years ago, 26-Mar-02, to lugnet.pirates)
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