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Re: Question about frigates
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lugnet.pirates
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Tue, 7 Mar 2000 23:31:35 GMT
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> How many cannon does a ship have to have to be considered a frigate?
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 US had "Guided Missile Frigates" that weighed in at over 10,000
DWT (again, more modern, but a prime example of misnaming)
So, name it what you think is right for the size of ship, bearing in mind the
max. flex MF scale adjustments. I would think that a good size for a Lego
Frigate would be around 6-8 guns, which still puts it well larger than the lego
ships...I'd hate to think of a 112 gun ship of the line in Lego with the pirate
hull pieces..it would be a little on the _long_ side :)
James
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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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| (...) 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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