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(...) That's OK. The functionalist approach is "what good is the iron plating unless you can watch shot bounce off it?" (...) That's OK. The French always seem to forget that special ships and special guns require special ammunition and special (...) (25 years ago, 9-Mar-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) You'd be surprised at how few bricks that really is--though I need more brick tubs, I'm amazed at how much black I used. (...) I've already done it. ;) best Lindsay (25 years ago, 9-Mar-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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It's Awesome, but I must say this... I hate you Lindsay! Always inspiring me with creative ideas that I know will never come true!! Oh no!!! Here comes another!!!! Nooooo!! Not THAT ship!! It's to BIG!!! What? Buy thirteen blue tubs? And twenty gray (...) (25 years ago, 9-Mar-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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Mr L F Braun wrote (...) Obviously we'll have to shoot at her, what with her being a Frenchie and all, but she'll be most welcome. And I wouldn't let us shooting at her worry you overly. Port Block's gunners aren't exactly top of the line. Actually (...) (25 years ago, 9-Mar-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) I think "The Junk" will avoid Port BlocK if that behemoth leaves drydock....hmmmmm...2 cannons, 6 muskets, 1 pistol and 12 katanas vs "THE IRON GIANT" ...I guess my ship would be the naval equivalent of a fly on the windshield....oh my ! (25 years ago, 9-Mar-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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Hmmm...seems you Brickish folk are getting a bit too smug. Bearing that in mind, the Repubrickan Navy (the fine and egalitarian institution it is) has decided to send a...presence out to yonder Pacific-type points. This is no wee sloop; rather, it's (...) (25 years ago, 9-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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(...) Oh hey, I'll drink to that! Whish way ish the grog? Captain Morgan, I hope. (...) (by (...) so (...) in (...) fact (...) 1798 (...) anything (...) name of (...) more (...) Gun ratings were the golf-handicaps of their day. :-) I remember the (...) (25 years ago, 8-Mar-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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Hi, I looked at the subject line and thought someone'd had a bit too much of the grog...*hIc!* (...) There were some real monsters among those first-rates, however. I remember, in particular, the French ship L'Orient, which was *rated* at 120 (...) (25 years ago, 8-Mar-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) through 4th class. Frigates were 5th and 6th (The American super-frigates could be argued to be 4th class, I imagine). Everything else was unrated (by the British system, at least). I'm not sure when this rating system began - so earlier (...) (25 years ago, 8-Mar-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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Which class of ship is the largest? A man of war? Was there anything larger? -- Jonathan Wilson wilsonj@xoommail.com (URL) (25 years ago, 8-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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(...) 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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(...) 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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(...) 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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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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(...) Well, I will have to finish "The Junk" now that there is a new port of call = ) ....now if I could only get this sail made out of Ninja glider wings to work... (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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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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