Quote Originally Posted by Fisherking View Post
The thing about Heavy Frigates and Razees is that their gun compliment was of heavier caliber higher up on the ships than the Ships of the line. That enabled them to have more firepower at longer range than the larger ships.

While I would never close on an undamaged SOL I do think that a small squadron could for the most part do them serious damage from long range.
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.

Quote Originally Posted by Ishmael View Post
ok folks-historically, if both sides has a lot of artillery (in a land battle), did the artillery try to take each other out, or did they tend to ignore the other side's arty and just go for the infantry?
Yes, especially the heavier guns ("battery pieces") and howitzers would engage in such a role. The lighter guns ("battalion pieces") would be more for local support.


CBR