General Tactics

[Fisherking]

Height of gundecks has very little to do with range of guns as they could change the elevation of guns. IIRC Nelson judged it took 3 frigates to equal or have a chance at outfighting a SOL.


CBR

Ah! But it surely does if the seas are not perfectly calm. It was often impossible for the three dickers to open their lower gun ports. Having the heavier guns where they could be of use in other than calm weather would make a big difference.


I may not have made that line of thought clear in my original post.

Even with a larger ship, if they could only fight with 12#ers or less, who do you think has the advantage?