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Re: Misérable
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Sun, 20 Apr 2003 07:14:15 GMT
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In lugnet.pirates, Richie Dulin writes:
> In lugnet.pirates, John Henry Kruer writes:
> > Wow!
> > Dude!
> > DuuUUuddDDdEEee!
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> > That is one impressive ship. If you take the smaller guns into account,
> > that's 40 guns!
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> But one doesn't count those smaller guns ;-)
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> > I love the details, such as the stacked and hanging boats. She really is a
> > beauty.
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> > I only have one gripe: the very back. Where's the stern chasers? What
> > happens if one little ship sneaks up the back?
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> Well spotted! There are some nine pounders that can be run out in the
> captain's cabin, but some poop deck stern chasers would be nice as well.
Which is a nice idea, but it appears to be most un-French. If the Misérable
were a British vessel, where the captain dined on stodgy salt pork and pease
the smell of gunpowder could only improve the meal, but on a French Vessel,
gunpowder in the captains cabin was frowned upon.
Therefore, a redesign of the poop deck rail will be undertaken to accomodate
ports for a pair of nine pounders.
> The view from the poop deck (let alone the mastheads) is superb, making
> 'sneaking up' not a particular concern. There is also a squadron of musket
> armed marines, which could probably deal with a small cutter...
One should also be careful of applying 21st century tactics to 18th and 19th
century navies... what might appear obvious to us today, may not have been
so obvious then. And there is the matter of honour to consider too.
Also to be considered is *who* would sneak up on a frigate, and when and why.
The Eponine II was sunk at anchor by spies.... harbour security has since
been tightened in Port Brique.
Cheers
Richie Dulin
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| (...) Just so. Sneaking is a business for the night, I find, and thus is best left to port, where you have firm locations on targets. Guns hardly play a part then (unless you face a particularly diligent crew). I wouldn't care to try to run down a (...) (21 years ago, 20-Apr-03, to lugnet.pirates)
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| (...) But one doesn't count those smaller guns ;-) (...) Well spotted! There are some nine pounders that can be run out in the captain's cabin, but some poop deck stern chasers would be nice as well. The view from the poop deck (let alone the (...) (21 years ago, 19-Apr-03, to lugnet.pirates)
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