5th Rate Model = 4th Rate?

[Sir Beane]

Thanks Jack!

I for one never knew about those.

It sounds like a case of too light to fight, too heavy to run. But my game has not come yet…

Can you tell us about the best Frigates? At least in game terms.

You would appear to have a special interest in this field also.

Thanks again for the quick clarification!

Carronade frigates are probably the best Frigates. They carry carronades for a super-heavy broadside, in exchange for limited effective range. They hit very hard up close however.

[Fisherking]

Carronade frigates are probably the best Frigates. They carry carronades for a super-heavy broadside, in exchange for limited effective range. They hit very hard up close however.

But I don’t want to get that close with a Frigate!

You have the game…give us some movement and other stats on them!

[Sir Beane]

But I don’t want to get that close with a Frigate!

You have the game…give us some movement and other stats on them!

I only saw them once in a Custom battle . I might try and fit them into a quick guide I'm aiming to write today or tomorrow, to go into the Empire Summary Thread.

[Tsavong]

According to wikipedia Fifth Rates at the start of the 18th century were generally "demi-batterie" ships, carrying a few heavy guns on their lower deck (which often used the rest of the lower deck for row ports) and a full battery of lesser guns on the upper deck. However, these were gradually phased out, as the low freeboard (the height of the lower deck gunport sills above the waterline) meant that it was often impossible to open the lower deck gunports in rough weather. From mid-century, a new Fifth Rate type was introduced - the classic frigate, with no ports on the lower deck, and the main battery disposed solely on the upper deck.

Sixth Rate ships were generally useful as convoy escorts, for blockade duties and the carrying of dispatches; their small size made them less suited for the general cruising tasks the Fifth Rate frigates did so well. Essentially there were two groups of Sixth Rates. The larger category comprised the Sixth Rate frigates of 28 guns, carrying a main battery of twenty-four 9-pounder guns, as well as four smaller guns on their superstructures. The second comprised the "post-ships" of between 20 and 24 guns, too small to be formally counted as frigates (although colloquially often grouped with them), but still requiring a post-captain (i.e. an officer holding the substantive rank of Captain) to take command.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rating_...the_Royal_Navy