Help me Understand the Historical Costs of Fleets and the Frequency of Engagements...

[hoom]

Here you can see the below deck gun crew through the damaged hull side of a two decker.

Something I hope is included will be a reduced upkeep for ships kept in harbour.
Victory spent her first 13 years in service with no masts & the decks boarded over to protect her.
There should probably be a 'readiness' penalty for the first turn or two out of harbour too.

[Zenicetus]

Here you can see the below deck gun crew through the damaged hull side of a two decker.

Hmmm.... I see a little structural detail, but I'm not seeing anything that looks like crew in there, even magnifying the image. But we'll have to see what the final game looks like. I'm hoping they're not modeling that, because it's just eye candy that would eat CPU and GPU power. If I end up buying the game, I'm hoping to run it on my current hardware.

[Gray Beard]

FWIW in figuring crew size. I think a 24lb cannon had a gun crew of 8

The British and then the French and Spanish figured out that a 3rd rate with about 72 and 78 cannons offered the best balance between power, speed and maneuverability. The Royal navy thought that a 74 could outrun anything it couldn't out fight.

Sort a funky series of books that might give people a feel for what sailing and living on these ships was like can be found in the C.S. Forester Hornblower books. Forester was a sailor and understood the commands and discipline of the navy. These are far from scholarly, more like Tom Clancy novels set in the Napoleonic wars.

[hoom]

I see a little structural detail, but I'm not seeing anything that looks like crew in there, even magnifying the image.

Er... Oooohkay then