Quote Originally Posted by batemonkey View Post
They DID, but not in this period. In this period the main problem (esp at the start of the century) was overloading ships with so many cannons that the handled very badly even in calm weather and in bad weather were libale to sink.
Ahhh, the good ol' Santísima Trinidad.
Or perhaps the Vasa. Whatever you care to say about the Swedes, shipbuilding doesn't seem to be their strength :P