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Re: Misérable
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Sun, 20 Apr 2003 13:05:37 GMT
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> 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.
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> Also to be considered is *who* would sneak up on a frigate, and when and why.
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 frigate in a cutter -- even one with
18-pounder carronades. Speed is also a very important consideration; in the
sailing says, it was quite common for 74s to be able to run down smaller
vessels, albeit *commercial* vessels in many cases. In other (more clear)
words, smaller vessels (unable to carry as much canvas), were not always
able to outrun larger ships. Often, it came down each ship's charcter, as
standardization was an uneasy thing. Quarterdecked sloops were notoriously
bad sailors, whereas French Frigates were *generally* fast on lines, though
poorly crewed (NOT a comment on the specific ship, Miserable, I assure you).
Thus, unless you trust your cutter's rig, crew, and speed absolutely, I'd
stay well under the lee of a French frigate.
Unless I was spotting for my own frigate, just over the horizon... or
pretending to, as all great Naval heroes did... : )
> The Eponine II was sunk at anchor by spies.... harbour security has since
> been tightened in Port Brique.
Ghastly! I should hope you find those spies -- what animal would sink her
when she could be cut out, and a fine ship be entered onto His Majesty's lists?
Diabolical! : )
Kenneth Tam
Brickley's Cove
http://members.rogers.com/brickleyscove/Home.htm
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| (...) 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 (...) (22 years ago, 20-Apr-03, to lugnet.pirates)
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