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Re: Question about frigates
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Tue, 7 Mar 2000 17:56:34 GMT
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On Tue, 7 Mar 2000, Mr L F Braun (<38C53F44.D944207C@pilot.msu.edu>)
wrote at 17:41:24



Tony Priestman wrote:

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?

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.

Hmmm. This is what I thought.

Need a longer ship :(

--
Tony Priestman



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  Re: Question about frigates
 
(...) 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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