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Re: My Ships
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lugnet.pirates
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Wed, 26 Mar 2003 23:14:31 GMT
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In lugnet.pirates, Alex Polimeni writes:
> In lugnet.pirates, Don Cox writes:
> > what does a bomb ketch look like? • <snip>
> a bomb ketch is a cumbersome ship that has only three guns on each side. its
> sails are large and unweildy. lugsails, i think they are called. however, its
> main armorment is two large mortars in the center of the ship. they fire the
> the mortars into the air, and when they come down....they explode. Bomb ketchs
> can-if they hit- destroy or set aflame a ship with one shot.
Here's a link to a scale model of a bomb ketch:
http://www.historicships.com/TALLSHIPS/Amati/BombKetch.htm
A bomb ketch is rigged as a ship, but without a formast (ketch = 2 masts).
Possibly converted from a frigate or sloop, but more likely purpose built.
Historically, ketch's were for shore bombardment, not ship to ship action -
it's very hard to accurately aim a mortar at a moving target... Though if a
ketch could surprise a ship-of-the-line at anchor, things could become very
interesting!
Cheers
Richie
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| (...) Yeah, i know its not for ship action. Like in Hornblower, he uses his bomb ketchs to rip apart a french corvette-privateer at anchor in a bay. my purposes for a bomb ketch is that the Privateer fleet in my storyline-well, its base is the wreck (...) (24 years ago, 27-Mar-03, to lugnet.pirates)
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| (...) Oh, sorry. i looked again and i see it has two masts. a bomb ketch is a cumbersome ship that has only three guns on each side. its sails are large and unweildy. lugsails, i think they are called. however, its main armorment is two large (...) (24 years ago, 26-Mar-03, to lugnet.pirates)
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