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Can anyone give me a quick answer to this: How many cannon does a ship have to have to be considered a frigate? Or let me put it another way: Is 24 or 26 going to be enough? (25 years ago, 7-Mar-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) As far as I know, it depends on how many cannon a ship is designed to carry. I think that 28 or 32 was the standard minimum as of 1800; I don't know of too many with fewer cannon. On the other hand, the Humphreys frigates in the US did carry (...) (25 years ago, 7-Mar-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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On Tue, 7 Mar 2000, Mr L F Braun (<38C53F44.D944207C@....msu.edu>) wrote at 17:41:24 (...) Hmmm. This is what I thought. Need a longer ship :( (25 years ago, 7-Mar-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) 24 is the lowest number I know of, though if you check out the source I list below, they note 20. Part of what determines a frigate is its rigging, so cannon is not the only criteria. They tended to get larger as the 1700s came to a close and (...) (25 years ago, 7-Mar-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) It does depend on which navy you're talking about. Most things called a "Frigate" in colloquial literature are 5th-rates; 6th-rates are often called something else (often "sloops" or "brigs" despite those classes' usually being smaller (...) (25 years ago, 7-Mar-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) When? One is enough now, and it can be a middling 57mm one to boot :) I know, you are talking historically, and I would think that what Linsay posted was likely right. I think it had a lot to do with who was doing the naming too...since the (...) (25 years ago, 7-Mar-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) came (...) they (...) "Frigate" (...) else (...) still). (...) Sloops and brigs aren't "ship" rigged, so aren't frigates and not rated under the english system - but then the english designations are so loopy at times I'm not sure they know (...) (25 years ago, 7-Mar-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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On Tue, 7 Mar 2000, James Powell (<Fr2s0n.KDE@lugnet.com>) wrote at 23:31:35 (...) Well, I'm working towards 74, but the current project will probably stick at 28 or so :-) It uses hull pieces, and so far, it looks ok. Haven't got to the gun deck (...) (25 years ago, 8-Mar-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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On Tue, 7 Mar 2000, Bruce Schlickbernd (<Fr2E0y.Bsu@lugnet.com>) wrote at 18:29:22 (...) Oh *yes*! I've only just taken a look. What an excellent page! (25 years ago, 8-Mar-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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