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The Big Book of Boats [WIP]
By Fail_Knight
An overview of most of the ships you will find in the game, for when you need a refresher of its stats or want to buy a new ship.
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Overview
Preface 
1st Rates 
Santisima Class S.O.L. v0.8.20 
Océan Class S.O.L. v0.8.20 
Victory Class S.O.L. v0.8.20 
2nd Rates 
Barfleur S.O.L. v0.8.20 
3rd Rates 
Ardent-class S.O.L. v0.8.20 
Bellona-class S.O.L. v0.8.20 
4th Rates 
Ship of the Line v0.8.20 
Constitution Class v0.8.20 
1794's Razee Class v0.8.20 
5th Rates 
Unity-class Frigate v0.6.38 
Diana-class Frigate v0.6.38 
Endymion-class Frigate 
Dedaigneuse-class Frigate v0.6.38 
Hermione-class Frigate 
Leda-class Frigate v0.6.38 
6th Rates 
Cerberus-class Light Frigate v0.6.38 
7th Rates 
Unrated 
Cutter v0.6.38 
Merchant Brig v0.6.38 
Merchant Barque v0.6.38 
East Indiaman v0.6.38 
Comments
Preface
NOTE: All ship pictures are currently about to be outdated due to the turning speed changes amongst other things that are currently in BETA. I will get around to replacing them at some point.
This guide is still heavily in development. A lot of ship stats can be found in this[docs.google.com] spreadsheet while I slowly fill out the contents of this guide. The goal is to list most stats relevant for combat or equipping ships so that you, the player, know when to fight and when to flee, and also what purchases are less than useful.
1st Rates
By the early years of the 18th century, it had become accepted that 100 guns was the standard criterion for a first rate in wartime (in peacetime, all ships of the line carried a reduced complement of guns). Towards the close of the century, ships were built with more than 100 guns, and they too were classed as first rates.

In addition to the rated number of carriage-mounted guns (which included the heaviest calibre available mounted on their lower decks, with smaller guns on the decks above), first rates also carried a number of anti-personnel guns, initially swivel-mounted weapons. From the invention of the slide-mounted carronade in the later 1770s, first rates (like other warships), could mount a number of these weapons on their quarterdecks and forecastles to augment their short-range firepower, but they were not included in the ship's rating until 1817 except where they replaced carriage-mounted guns.

Although very powerful, the Navy's first-rates were of limited utility at sea. For stability their lowest gundeck had to be very close to the waterline and its gunports could not be opened in anything but the calmest of seas. To do otherwise was to risk swamping the entire vessel, as occurred in 1781 when the first-rate Royal George sank at anchor at Spithead after the lower gunports were opened to air the ship.[6] Early first-rates had little storage space to stow provisions for their large crews on long voyages, and the ships themselves routinely proved unseaworthy in winter weather; as a consequence the first-rates were restricted to summer cruising, and then only in the English Channel and nearby waters. By the mid-1700's, however, improved design had removed these limitations.

Ships of this size were extremely expensive to operate. As a result, the few first rates (the Royal Navy had only five completed in 1794) were typically reserved as commanding admirals' flagships. First rates were typically kept out of commission ("in Ordinary") during peacetime and only activated ("commissioned") during times of conflict. This had the added advantage of preserving them from the wear and tear that smaller ships experienced in spending long periods at sea. Spending time in Ordinary could considerably extend a first rate's lifespan; for instance, by the time she fought in the Battle of Trafalgar, HMS Victory had been in service for 40 years, although a portion of this time was spent in Ordinary.

With first rates being the most powerful ships of the navy, it was common to compare them with the navies of other nations; frequently one sees the largest ships of those navies being referred to as first rates. Other nations had their own rating systems, notably the French Navy with its system of five formal rates or rangs.

Due to their cost of construction and maintenance, only a small number of first rates could be built and maintained at any one time. Thus over the 250 years (approximately) that the rating system of the Royal Navy was used, only a relatively small number of these ships saw service.

Only one first rate has survived to the present. HMS Victory, Admiral Nelson's flagship at the Battle of Trafalgar, is preserved at HMNB Portsmouth and is in commission. The hull of the 112-gun HMS St Lawrence, which was built and operated entirely in fresh water during the War of 1812, survives intact in shallow water near shore in Kingston, Ontario, and is a popular diving attraction. Two other noted first rates were HMS Royal Sovereign, which was broken up in 1841, and HMS Britannia, which was broken up in 1825. Both these ships had 100 guns. Later first rates such as HMS Caledonia and its several sisters had 120 guns.[9] Other navies, notably those of France and Spain, also had similar ships with more than 100 guns, the most heavily armed being the Santísima Trinidad which, following a rebuilding in 1802, carried 140 guns.
wikipedia page[http//wikipedia+page]
Santisima Class S.O.L. v0.8.20
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She was reputed to be the largest warship in the world, for which she was nicknamed El Escorial de los mares by the Spanish, until surpassed in sheer size by the new type French 120-gun ships such as Océan (1790) and Orient (1791). In 1795, her forecastle was joined to her quarterdeck to create a fourth deck containing a battery of eight pounder guns, giving her a total of 140 guns.
wikipedia page[en.wikipedia.org]

[general information etc.]

Integrity
Core
Hull
4300
Sails
5100

Planking
Location
Thickness
Max value
Sides
39"
5300
Bow
31"
2200
Stern
15"
1100

Gun Decks
Deck
Armstrong Equivalency
Gun count
Max gun weight
1st Deck
9pdr Armstrong
40
14
2ndDeck
12pdr Armstrong
36
15
3rd Deck
24pdr Armstrong
34
23
4th Deck
42pdr Armstrong
34
31

Varia
Max Weight
Upgrade Slots
3800
5

Speeds
Weight 0
11.2
9.0
11.2
8.3
8.3
2.1
-2.9
2.1

Weight Max
7.2
5.8
7.2
5.3
5.3
1.4
-1.9
1.4

Crew Related
Crew numbers
Minimum crew
Optimal crew
Maximum crew
255
900
1350

Officers
Officer 1
Officer 2
Officer 3
Officer 4
Officer 5
Officer 6
Efficiency
Sailing
Gunnery
Boarding
Stamina
Morale
Océan Class S.O.L. v0.8.20
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These were the most powerful ships of the Napoleonic Wars and a total of ten served during that time. These ships, however, were quite expensive in terms of building materials, artillery and manpower and so were reserved for admirals as their fleet flagships.
wikipedia page[en.wikipedia.org]

[general information etc.]

Integrity
Core
Hull
4000
Sails
4900

Planking
Location
Thickness
Max value
Sides
31"
5000
Bow
25"
2000
Stern
12"
1000

Gun Decks
Deck
Armstrong Equivalency
Gun count
Max gun weight
1st Deck
9pdr Armstrong
26
14
2ndDeck
12pdr Armstrong
34
15
3rd Deck
24pdr Armstrong
34
23
4th Deck
42pdr Armstrong
32
31

Varia
Max Weight
Upgrade Slots
3600
5

Speeds
Weight 0
13.2
10.7
13.2
10.3
10.3
2.7
-3.4
2.7

Weight Max
8.5
6.9
8.5
6.6
6.6
1.7
-2.2
1.7

Crew Related
Crew numbers
Minimum crew
Optimal crew
Maximum crew
240
800
1200

Officers
Officer 1
Officer 2
Officer 3
Officer 4
Officer 5
Officer 6
Efficiency
Sailing
Gunnery
Boarding
Stamina
Morale
Victory Class S.O.L. v0.8.20
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HMS Victory is a 104-gun first-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, ordered in 1758, laid down in 1759 and launched in 1765. She is best known for her role as Lord Nelson's flagship at the Battle of Trafalgar on 21 October 1805.
wikipedia page[en.wikipedia.org]

[general information etc.]

Integrity
Core
Hull
3800
Sails
4600

Planking
Location
Thickness
Max value
Sides
35"
4700
Bow
27"
1900
Stern
15"
900

Gun Decks
Deck
Armstrong Equivalency
Gun count
Max gun weight
1st Deck
9pdr Armstrong
20
14
2ndDeck
12pdr Armstrong
30
15
3rd Deck
24pdr Armstrong
32
23
4th Deck
32pdr Armstrong
32
29-30

Varia
Max Weight
Upgrade Slots
3400
5

Speeds
Weight 0
12.5
10.3
12.5
10.3
10.3
3.2
-3.7
3.2

Weight Max
8.0
6.6
8.0
6.6
6.6
2.1
-2.3
2.1

Crew Related
Crew numbers
Minimum crew
Optimal crew
Maximum crew
240
800
1200

Officers
Officer 1
Officer 2
Officer 3
Officer 4
Officer 5
Officer 6
Efficiency
Sailing
Gunnery
Boarding
Stamina
Morale
2nd Rates
In the rating system of the British Royal Navy used to categorise sailing warships, a second-rate was a ship of the line which by the start of the 18th century mounted 90 to 98 guns on three gun decks; earlier 17th-century second rates had fewer guns and were originally two-deckers or had only partially armed third gun decks.

They were essentially smaller and hence cheaper versions of the three-decker first rates. Like the first rates, they fought in the line of battle, but unlike the first rates, which were considered too valuable to risk in distant stations, the second rates often served also in major overseas stations as flagships. They had a reputation for poor handling and slow sailing. They were popular as Flagships of admirals commanding the Windward and/or Leeward islands station, which was usually a Rear Admiral of the Red.

Typically measuring around 2000 tons burthen and carrying a crew of 750, the second-rates by the second half of the 18th century carried 32-pounder guns on the gun deck, with 18-pounders instead of 24-pounders on the middle deck, and 12-pounders on the upper deck (rather than 18- or 24-pounders on first rates), although there were exceptions to this. Both first and second rates carried lighter guns (and, after 1780, carronades) on their forecastles and quarterdecks.

The three-decker second-rate was mainly a British type, and was not built by other European navies to any great degree. As speed is mainly determined by length along the waterline, the three-deck, second-rate was a slow sailer compared to both its two-deck equivalent and the first-rate ships. Being the same height as a first-rate but shorter meant they handled poorly and had a tendency to sail to leeward; HMS Prince was described by one of her lieutenants as sailing "like a haystack". Their poor sailing abilities prompted Nelson, at Trafalgar, to order Prince and HMS Dreadnought to approach the enemy at a lesser angle than the remainder of the column, in the hope that having more sail area exposed to the wind, would enable these two ships to keep up. A near disastrous example of the three-decker's maladroitness occurred on 25 December 1796 when, on sighting the enemy, the Channel Fleet attempted a hurried departure from Spithead: Four second-rates collided with each other while another ran aground.

Apart from its unhandiness, in terms of sheer firepower it was matched or even out-gunned by many of the large 80-gun and 74-gun two-deckers used by the French and Spanish navies. The additional height did, however, give the second rate an advantage in close combat with the further advantage of it being able to withstand punishment like a larger ship, but being much cheaper to build and maintain. It was sometimes mistaken by the enemy for a first-rate, which could possibly make enemy commanders reluctant to press an attack.
wikipedia page[http//wikipedia+page]
Barfleur S.O.L. v0.8.20
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The Barfleur-class ships of the line were a class of four 90-gun second rates, designed for the Royal Navy by Sir Thomas Slade. wikipedia page[en.wikipedia.org]

[general info]

Integrity
Core
Hull
3400
Sails
4000

Planking
Location
Thickness
Max value
Sides
31"
4200
Bow
25"
1700
Stern
12"
800

Gun Decks
Deck
Armstrong Equivalency
Gun count
Max gun weight
1st Deck
9pdr Armstrong
26
20
2nd Deck
24pdr Armstrong
32
23
3rd Deck
32pdr Armstrong
32
27

Varia
Max Weight
Upgrade Slots
3000
5

Speeds
Weight 0
13.5
11.4
13.5
11.5
11.5
4.7
-4.8
4.7

Weight Max
8.6
7.3
8.6
7.4
7.4
3.0
-3.1
3.0

Crew Related
Crew numbers
Minimum crew
Optimal crew
Maximum crew
225
700
1050

Officers
Officer 1
Officer 2
Officer 3
Officer 4
Officer 5
Officer 6
Efficiency
Sailing
Gunnery
Boarding
Stamina
Morale
3rd Rates
In the rating system of the British Royal Navy, a third rate was a ship of the line which from the 1720s mounted between 64 and 80 guns, typically built with two gun decks (thus the related term two-decker). Years of experience proved that the third rate ships embodied the best compromise between sailing ability (speed, handling), firepower, and cost. So, while first-rates and second-rates were both larger and more powerful, the third-rate ships were in a real sense the optimal configuration.

This designation became especially common because it included the seventy-four gun ship, which eventually came to be the most popular size of large ship for navies of several different nations. It was an easier ship to handle than a first- or second-rate ship, but still possessed enough firepower to potentially destroy any single opponent other than a three-decker. It was also cheaper to operate.

By the end of the 18th century, ships of the line were usually categorized directly by their number of guns, the numbers even being used as the name of the class, as in "a squadron of three 74s", but officially the rating system continued until the end of the Age of Sail, only undergoing a modification in 1817.

Note that the use of terms like "third-rate" in literature can lead to confusion: The French Navy had a different system of five rates or rangs, but some British authors use the Royal Navy's rating of "third rate" when speaking of a French 74.
wikipedia page[http//wikipedia+page]
Ardent-class S.O.L. v0.8.20
The Ardent-class ships of the line were historically a class of seven 64-gun third rates designed for the Royal Navy by Sir Thomas Slade. wikipedia page[en.wikipedia.org]

[general info]

Integrity
Core
Hull
2000
Sails
2400

Planking
Location
Thickness
Max value
Sides
25"
2500
Bow
20"
1000
Stern
10"
500

Gun Decks
Deck
Armstrong Equivalency
Gun count
Max gun weight
1st Deck
9pdr Armstrong
16
11
2nd Deck
18pdr Armstrong
26
19
3rd Deck
24pdr Armstrong
26
24

Varia
Max Weight
Upgrade Slots
1800
4

Speeds
Weight 0
12.2
11.0
12.2
11.2
11.2
2.6
-5.7
2.6

Weight Max
7.8
7.1
7.8
7.2
7.2
1.7
-3.7
1.7

Crew Related
Crew numbers
Minimum crew
Optimal crew
Maximum crew
180
500
750

Officers
Officer 1
Officer 2
Officer 3
Officer 4
Officer 5
Officer 6
Efficiency
Sailing
Gunnery
Boarding
Stamina
Morale
Bellona-class S.O.L. v0.8.20
The Bellona-class ships of the line were a class of five 74-gun third rates, whose design for the Royal Navy by Sir Thomas Slade was approved on 31 January 1758.wikipedia page[en.wikipedia.org]

[General info]

Integrity
Core
Hull
2500
Sails
3000

Planking
Location
Thickness
Max value
Sides
28"
3100
Bow
22"
1300
Stern
11"
700

Gun Decks
Deck
Armstrong Equivalency
Gun count
Max gun weight
1st Deck
6pdr Armstrong
22
8
2nd Deck
18pdr Armstrong
28
19
3rd Deck
32pdr Armstrong
28
28

Varia
Max Weight
Upgrade Slots
2200
4

Speeds
Weight 0
12.5
10.5
12.5
10.8
10.8
4.6
-4.2
4.6

Weight Max
8.0
6.7
8.0
6.9
6.9
2.9
-2.7
2.9

Crew Related
Crew numbers
Minimum crew
Optimal crew
Maximum crew
220
650
980

Officers
Officer 1
Officer 2
Officer 3
Officer 4
Officer 5
Officer 6
Efficiency
Sailing
Gunnery
Boarding
Stamina
Morale
4th Rates
In the rating system of the British Royal Navy used to categorise sailing warships in the 18th century, a fourth-rate was a ship of the line with 46 to 60 guns mounted. They were phased out of ship of the line service during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, as their usefulness was declining; though they were still in service, especially on distant stations such as the East Indies. Fourth-rates took many forms, initially as small two decked warships, later as large frigates razéed from the initial two deck warships, and occasionally even heavily armed merchant ships such as HMS Calcutta.

A fourth-rate was, in the British Royal Navy during the first half of the 18th century, a ship of the line mounting from 46 up to 60 guns. While the number of guns stayed in the same range until 1817, after 1756 the ships of 50 guns and below were considered too weak to stand in the line of battle, although the remaining 60-gun ships were still classed as fit to be ships of the line. However, the 50-gun ship continued to be used largely during the Seven Years' War, and during the time of the American Revolution a whole new group of 50-gun ships was constructed, not for the battlefleet, but to meet the needs of combat in the shallow waters off North America where the larger ships found it difficult to sail. 50-gun ships were also suitable as convoy escorts and for service on foreign stations, where larger enemy vessels were unlikely to be encountered. Some saw service as flagships since, as two-deckers, they were able to accommodate a flag officer and his retinue, and they also had the physical presence of a flagship. Their usefulness was declining, however, and during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars few 50s were built, although several remained in service, especially on distant stations such as the East Indies. The 60-gun ships were also dying out, superseded initially by the 74-gun third-rates, although by 1793 there were still four 60-gun ships left in harbour service.

American 44-gun frigates Constitution, United States and President were never in operational use armed with fewer than 50 guns including carronades, and were generally seen as equivalent to fourth-rates.[citation needed] The larger British 24-pounder frigates such as the later 1813 Leander and Newcastle, were of similar firepower to those big American 44s. The latter were launched (or razéed - i.e. converted by cutting down by one deck from existing smaller third-rate 74-gun two-deckers) during the last years of the Napoleonic War and the War of 1812 and were classed as fourth-rates in Royal Naval service under the revised rating system. This convention continued into the 19th century. Any of these later large fourth-rate frigates threw a close-range broadside (including from their heavy carronades) far superior to the earlier two-decker 50s or even to third-rate 64s, and could perhaps be considered comparable in function to the battlecruisers of more recent times.
wikipedia page[en.wikipedia.org]
Ship of the Line v0.8.20
[image]
In the rating system of the British Royal Navy used to categorise sailing warships in the 18th century, a fourth-rate was a ship of the line with 46 to 60 guns mounted. They were phased out of ship of the line service during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, as their usefulness was declining; though they were still in service, especially on distant stations such as the East Indies. Fourth-rates took many forms, initially as small two decked warships.wikipedia page[en.wikipedia.org]

[General info]

Integrity
Core
Hull
1800
Sails
2200

Planking
Location
Thickness
Max value
Sides
23"
2300
Bow
18"
900
Stern
9"
450

Gun Decks
Deck
Armstrong Equivalency
Gun count
Max gun weight
1st Deck
9pdr Armstrong
20
11
2nd Deck
9pdr Armstrong
24
11
3rd Deck
24pdr Armstrong
24
23

Varia
Max Weight
Upgrade Slots
1800
4

Speeds
Weight 0
11.1
10.1
11.1
10.0
10.0
2.2
-5.3
2.2

Weight Max
7.1
6.5
7.1
6.4
6.4
1.4
-3.4
1.4

Crew Related
Crew numbers
Minimum crew
Optimal crew
Maximum crew
175
500
750

Officers
Officer 1
Officer 2
Officer 3
Officer 4
Officer 5
Efficiency, Morale
Sailing
Gunnery
Boarding
Stamina
Constitution Class v0.8.20
[image]
USS Constitution, also known as Old Ironsides, is a wooden-hulled, three-masted heavy frigate of the United States Navy. She is the world's oldest commissioned naval vessel still afloat.wikipedia page[en.wikipedia.org]

[General info]

Integrity
Core
Hull
1400
Sails
1680

Planking
Location
Thickness
Max value
Sides
27"
1500
Bow
22"
700
Stern
11"
400

Gun Decks
Deck
Armstrong Equivalency
Gun count
Max gun weight
1st Deck
6pdr Armstrong
30
8
2nd Deck
24pdr Armstrong
30
23

Varia
Max Weight
Upgrade Slots
1600
3

Speeds
Weight 0
13.6
12.2
13.6
12.3
12.3
3.4
-6.1
3.4

Weight Max
8.8
7.8
8.8
7.9
7.9
2.2
-3.9
2.2

Crew Related
Crew numbers
Minimum crew
Optimal crew
Maximum crew
160
450
680

Officers
Officer 1
Officer 2
Officer 3
Officer 4
Officer 5
Efficiency, Morale
Sailing
Gunnery
Boarding
Stamina
1794's Razee Class v0.8.20
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In the Royal Navy, the razee operation was typically performed on a smaller two-deck ship of the line, resulting in a large frigate. The rationale for this apparent reduction in strength was that the smaller ships-of-the-line could no longer be used safely in fleet actions as the overall size and armament of opposing ships increased. The resulting razeed ship was classed as a frigate; it was stronger than the usual run of purpose-built frigates.wikipedia page[en.wikipedia.org]

[General info]

Integrity
Core
Hull
1750
Sails
1920

Planking
Location
Thickness
Max value
Sides
25"
1800
Bow
20"
900
Stern
10"
500

Gun Decks
Deck
Armstrong Equivalency
Gun count
Max gun weight
1st Deck
6pdr Armstrong
22
8
2nd Deck
24pdr Armstrong
26
23

Varia
Max Weight
Upgrade Slots
1400
2

Speeds
Weight 0
12.4
11.5
12.4
10.4
10.4
5.5
-3.6
5.5

Weight Max
8.0
7.4
8.0
6.7
6.7
3.5
-2.3
3.5

Crew Related
Crew numbers
Minimum crew
Optimal crew
Maximum crew
130
350
530

Officers
Officer 1
Officer 2
Officer 3
Officer 4
Efficiency, Morale
Sailing
Gunnery
Boarding, Stamina
5th Rates
The fifth rates at the start of the 18th century were small two-deckers, generally either 40-gun ships with a full battery on two decks, or "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, the latter 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. The 40-gun (or later 44-gun) fifth rates continued to be built until the later half of the 18th century (a large group were built during the American War of Independence). From mid-century, a new fifth-rate type was introduced: the classic frigate, with no gun ports on the lower deck, and the main battery of from 26 to 30 guns disposed solely on the upper deck, although smaller guns were mounted on the quarterdeck and forecastle.

Fifth-rate ships served as fast scouts or independent cruisers and included a variety of gun arrangements. The fifth rates of the 1750s generally carried a main battery of twenty-six 12-pounders on the upper deck, with six 6-pounders on the quarterdeck and forecastle (a few carried extra 6-pounders on the quarterdeck) to give a total rating of 32-guns. Larger fifth rates introduced during the late 1770s carried a main battery of twenty-six or twenty-eight 18-pounders, also with smaller guns (6-pounders or 9-pounders) on the quarterdeck and forecastle. Tonnage ranged from 700 to 1450 tons, with crews of 215 to 294 men.

To be posted aboard a fifth-rate ship was considered an attractive assignment. Fifth rates were often assigned to interdict enemy shipping, offering the prospect of prize money for the crew.

Fifth-rate frigates were considered useful for their combination of manoeuvrability and firepower, which, in theory, would allow them to outmanoeuvre an enemy of greater force and run down one of lesser force. It was for this reason that frigates of this sort were commonly used in patrol and to disrupt enemy shipping lanes much as heavy cruisers would later in history.
wikipedia page[en.wikipedia.org]
Unity-class Frigate v0.6.38
The second Hancock was one of the first 13 frigates of the Continental Navy. A resolution of the Continental Congress of British North America 13 December 1775 authorized her construction; she was named for John Hancock. In her career she served under the American, British and French flags.wikipedia page[en.wikipedia.org]

[Flavour text]

Integrity
Core
Hull
1000
Sails
480

Planking
Location
Thickness
Max value
Sides
19"
1300
Bow
15"
800
Stern
7"
200

Gun Decks
Deck
Armstrong Equivalency
Gun count
Max gun weight
Upper Deck
6pdr Armstrong
20
7
Middle Deck
9pdr Armstrong
24
11

Varia
Max Weight
Upgrade Slots
650
2

Speeds
Weight 0
11.6
7.9
11.6
12.3
12.3
8.2
-2.6
8.2

Weight Max
7.5
5.1
7.5
7.9
7.9
5.2
-1.7
5.2

Crew Related
Crew numbers
Minimum crew
Optimal crew
Maximum crew
85
240
360

Officers
Officer 1
Officer 2
Officer 3
Efficiency, Morale
Sailing, Gunnery
Boarding, Stamina
Diana-class Frigate v0.6.38
The Artois class were a series of nine frigates built to a 1793 design by Sir John Henslow, which served in the Royal Navy during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. They were armed with a main battery of 28 eighteen-pounder cannon on their upper deck, the main gun deck of a frigate. Besides this battery, they also carried two 9-pounders together with twelve 32-pounder carronades on the quarter deck, and another two 9-pounders together with two 32-pounder carronades on the forecastle. wikipedia page[en.wikipedia.org]

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Hull
1100
Sails
1320

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Sides
19"
1400
Bow
15"
600
Stern
7"
300

Gun Decks
Deck
Armstrong Equivalency
Gun count
Max gun weight
Upper Deck
9pdr Armstrong
14
11
Middle Deck
18pdr Armstrong
26
19

Varia
Max Weight
Upgrade Slots
950
3

Speeds
Weight 0
11.0
10.5
11.0
8.7
8.7
4.2
-3.4
4.2

Weight Max
7.1
6.7
7.1
5.6
5.6
2.7
-2.2
2.7

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Crew numbers
Minimum crew
Optimal crew
Maximum crew
120
280
420

Officers
Officer 1
Officer 2
Officer 3
Officer 4
Efficiency, Morale
Sailing
Gunnery
Boarding, Stamina
Endymion-class Frigate
The Endymion class was a class of six Royal Navy 40-gun fifth-rate frigates, with the prototype launched in 1797 and five slightly amended versions built of fir launched from 1813 to 1814. HMS Endymion was a 40-gun fifth rate that served in the French Revolutionary Wars, the Napoleonic Wars, the War of 1812 and during the First Opium War. She was built to the lines of the French prize Pomone captured in 1794. Throughout her career, Endymion was praised for her remarkable sailing qualities. She was therefore a highly desirable command for frigate captains. Even in the 1830s, long after her war service, she was regarded as the benchmark for Royal Navy frigates. When in company with much newer ships, she was still capable of outsailing them. wikipedia page[en.wikipedia.org]

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Dedaigneuse-class Frigate v0.6.38
The Coquille class (or Patriote-class) was a type of five 40-gun frigates designed by Raymond-Antoine Haran. Dédaigneuse was a 40-gun Coquille-class frigate of the French Navy, launched in 1797. The Royal Navy captured her in 1801 and took her into service as HMS Dedaigneuse. wikipedia page[en.wikipedia.org]

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Core
Hull
800
Sails
960

Planking
Location
Thickness
Max value
Sides
19"
1000
Bow
15"
400
Stern
7"
200

Gun Decks
Deck
Armstrong Equivalency
Gun count
Max gun weight
Upper Deck
6pdr Armstrong
12
8
Middle Deck
12pdr Armstrong
28
15

Varia
Max Weight
Upgrade Slots
850
3

Speeds
Weight 0
14.3
13.5
14.3
11.2
11.2
5.6
-4.3
5.6

Weight Max
9.2
8.7
9.2
7.2
7.2
3.6
-2.8
3.6

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Crew numbers
Minimum crew
Optimal crew
Maximum crew
121 (100)
290
420

Officers
Officer 1
Officer 2
Officer 3
Efficiency, Morale
Sailing, Gunnery
Boarding, Stamina
Hermione-class Frigate
Jacques-Noël Sané designed the Hortense-class 40-gun frigates of the French Navy in 1802, a development of his 1793 design for the Virginie class. Nominally armed with 40 guns
in practice it carried either 44 or 46 guns. wikipedia page[en.wikipedia.org]

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Leda-class Frigate v0.6.38
The Leda-class frigates, were a successful class of forty-seven British Royal Navy 38-gun sailing frigates constructed from 1805-1832. Based on a French design, the class came in five major groups, all with minor differences in their design. During their careers, they fought in the Napoleonic Wars and the War of 1812. Forty-five of the 47 were eventually scrapped; two still exist: HMS Trincomalee and HMS Unicorn.
The design of the name ship, Leda of 1800, was based on Sané's design for the French Hébé-class frigate. The British 44-gun fifth rate HMS Rainbow captured Hébé in 1782. (The British took Hébé into service as HMS Hebe but in 1805 renamed her HMS Blonde). The class of frigates built to the lines of Leda were in contemporary parlance called the 'Repeat Leda class'.
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Core
Hull
1300
Sails
1560

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Location
Thickness
Max value
Sides
20"
1700
Bow
16"
700
Stern
8"
400

Gun Decks
Deck
Armstrong Equivalency
Gun count
Max gun weight
Upper Deck
9pdr Armstrong
26
14
Middle Deck
18pdr Armstrong
28
19

Varia
Max Weight
Upgrade Slots
1200
4

Speeds
Weight 0
13.5
11.9
13.5
11.3
11.3
5.8
-3.8
5.8

Weight Max
8.7
7.7
8.7
7.3
7.3
3.7
-2.5
3.7

Crew Related
Crew numbers
Minimum crew
Optimal crew
Maximum crew
120
260
390

Officers
Officer 1
Officer 2
Officer 3
Officer 4
Efficiency, Morale
Sailing
Gunnery
Boarding, Stamina
6th Rates
Sloop-of-War
In the 18th century and most of the 19th, a sloop-of-war in the Royal Navy was a warship with a single gun deck that carried up to eighteen guns. In the Royal Navy, the sloop evolved into an unrated vessel with a single gun deck and three masts, two square rigged and the aftermost fore-and-aft rigged. wikipedia page[en.wikipedia.org]

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Porcupine-class
The Porcupine-class sailing sixth rates were a series of ten 24-gun post ships built to a 1776 design by John Williams, that served in the Royal Navy during the American War Of Independence. Some survived to serve again in the French Revolutionary and the Napoleonic Wars. The 1776 design enlarged the ship, which permitted the mounting of an eleventh pair of 9-pounder guns on the upper deck and two smaller (6-pounder) guns on the quarterdeck. wikipedia page[en.wikipedia.org]

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Cerberus-class Light Frigate v0.6.38
The Coventry-class frigates were 28-gun sixth rate frigates of the Royal Navy, principally in service during the Seven Years' War and the American Revolutionary War. They were designed in 1756 by Britain's Surveyor of the Navy, Sir Thomas Slade. The HMS Cerberus was a Royal Navy frigate of this class. wikipedia page[en.wikipedia.org]

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Core
Hull
600
Sails
720

Planking
Location
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Sides
11"
600
Bow
9"
300
Stern
4"
200

Gun Decks
Deck
Armstrong Equivalency
Gun count
Max gun weight
Upper Deck
9pdr Armstrong
28
12

Varia
Max Weight
Upgrade Slots
505
2

Speeds
Weight 0
10.8
10.6
10.8
9.3
9.3
5.3
-3.7
5.3

Weight Max
6.9
6.8
6.9
6.0
6.0
3.4
-2.4
3.4

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Crew numbers
Minimum crew
Optimal crew
Maximum crew
90
195
300

Officers
Officer 1
Officer 2
Officer 3
Efficiency, Morale
Sailing, Gunnery
Boarding, Stamina
7th Rates
Snow
The snow was considered a handy and fast sailing vessel, typically the largest two masted vessel around and was employed in both navy and merchant service. When used as a military vessel, snows were, in the early 18th century, typically fitted with 5 to 16 guns. Military snows were mostly used for coastal patrols and privateering, while in the merchant service, snows traded all the way to the Mediterranean and sometimes even sailed as far as the West Indies. wikipedia page[en.wikipedia.org]

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Sloop
A sloop is a sailboat with a single mast typically meaning one headsail in front of the mast, and one mainsail aft of (behind) the mast. This is called a fore-and-aft rig, and can be rigged as a Bermuda rig with triangular sails fore and aft, or as a gaff-rig with triangular foresails and a gaff rigged mainsail. Sailboats can be classified according to type of rig, and so a sailboat may be a sloop, catboat, cutter, ketch, yawl, or schooner. A sloop usually has only one headsail, although an exception is the Friendship sloop, which is usually gaff-rigged with a bowsprit and multiple headsails. wikipedia page[en.wikipedia.org]

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Brig
A brig is a sailing vessel with two square-rigged masts. During the Age of Sail, brigs were seen as fast and maneuverable and were used as both naval warships and merchant vessels. They were especially popular in the 18th and early 19th centuries. Brigs were used as small warships carrying about 10 to 18 guns. Due to their speed and maneuverability they were popular among pirates (though they were rare among American and Caribbean pirates). wikipedia page[en.wikipedia.org]

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Armed Sloop
In the 18th century and most of the 19th, a sloop-of-war in the Royal Navy was a warship with a single gun deck that carried up to eighteen guns. When armed with carronades, they had the highest ratio of firepower to tonnage of any ships in the Royal Navy. The carronades also used much less manpower than the long guns normally used to arm frigates. Consequently, the Cruizer class were often used as cheaper and more economical substitutes for frigates, in situations where the frigates' high cruising endurance was not essential. wikipedia page[en.wikipedia.org]

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Unrated
The rating system did not handle vessels smaller than the sixth rate. The remainder were simply "unrated". The larger of the unrated vessels were generally all called sloops, but that nomenclature is quite confusing for unrated vessels, especially when dealing with the finer points of "ship-sloop", "brig-sloop", "sloop-of-war" (which really just meant the same in naval parlance as "sloop") or even "corvette" (the last a French term that the British Navy did not use until the 1840s). Technically the category of "sloop-of-war" included any unrated combatant vessel—in theory, the term even extended to bomb vessels and fire ships. During the Napoleonic Wars, the Royal Navy increased the number of sloops in service by some 400% as it found that it needed vast numbers of these small vessels for escorting convoys (as in any war, the introduction of convoys created a huge need for escort vessels), combating privateers, and themselves taking prizes.
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Cutter v0.6.38
Cutters were widely used by several navies in the 17th and 18th centuries and were usually the smallest commissioned ships in the fleet. As with cutters in general they were distinguished by their large fore-aft sail plans with multiple headsails, usually carried on a very long bowsprit, which was sometimes as long as half the length of the boat's hull. The rig gave the cutter excellent maneuverability and they were much better at sailing to windward than a larger square-rigged ship. wikipedia page[en.wikipedia.org]

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Core
Hull
200
Sails
300

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Location
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Max value
Sides
6"
150
Bow
5"
200
Stern
2"
100

Gun Decks
Deck
Armstrong Equivalency
Gun count
Max gun weight
Upper Deck
6pdr Armstrong
12
7

Varia
Max Weight
Upgrade Slots
200
1

Speeds
Weight 0
8.8
6.7
8.8
13.3
13.3
16.2
-1.4
16.2

Weight Max
5.7
4.3
5.7
8.6
8.6
10.4
-0.9
10.4

Crew Related
Crew numbers
Minimum crew
Optimal crew
Maximum crew
30
50
80

Officers
Officer 1
All
Merchant Brig v0.6.38
A brig is a sailing vessel with two square-rigged masts. During the Age of Sail, brigs were seen as fast and maneuverable and were used as both naval warships and merchant vessels. They were especially popular in the 18th and early 19th centuries. wikipedia page[en.wikipedia.org]

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Core
Hull
300
Sails
360

Planking
Location
Thickness
Max value
Sides
5"
200
Bow
5"
100
Stern
3"
100

Gun Decks
This ship does not posses any guns.

Varia
Max Weight
Upgrade Slots
390
1

Speeds
Weight 0
6.1
6.1
6.1
5.0
5.0
2.9
-2.2
2.9

Weight Max
3.9
3.9
3.9
3.2
3.2
1.9
-1.4
1.9

Crew Related
Crew numbers
Minimum crew
Optimal crew
Maximum crew
10
15
20

Officers
Officer 1
All
Merchant Barque v0.6.38
In the 18th century, the British Royal Navy used the term bark for a nondescript vessel that did not fit any of its usual categories. A barque, barc, or bark is a type of sailing vessel with three or more masts having the fore- and mainmasts rigged square and only the mizzen (the aftmost mast) rigged fore and aft. wikipedia page[http//wikipedia+page]

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Core
Hull
1000
Sails
1320

Planking
Location
Thickness
Max value
Sides
13"
600
Bow
11"
300
Stern
5"
200

Gun Decks
This ship does not posses any guns.

Varia
Max Weight
Upgrade Slots
1200
3

Speeds
Weight 0
6.4
6.1
6.4
5.0
5.0
2.4
-1.9
2.4

Weight Max
4.1
3.9
4.1
3.2
3.2
1.6
-1.2
1.6

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Crew numbers
Minimum crew
Optimal crew
Maximum crew
20
30
40

Officers
Officer 1
All
East Indiaman v0.6.38
East Indiaman was a general name for any sailing ship operating under charter or licence to any of the East India trading companies of the major European trading powers of the 17th through the 19th centuries. The term is used to refer to vessels belonging to the Austrian, Danish, Dutch, English, French, Portuguese, or Swedish companies. East Indiamen were the largest merchant ships regularly built during the late 18th and early 19th centuries, generally measuring between 1100 and 1400 tons burthen (bm). wikipedia page[en.wikipedia.org]

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Integrity
Core
Hull
1250
Sails
1000

Planking
Location
Thickness
Max value
Sides
15"
1000
Bow
19"
500
Stern
5"
400

Gun Decks
Deck
Default Gun
Gun count
Max gun weight
Upper Deck
???
8
9
Middle Deck
???
22
12

Varia
Max Weight
Upgrade Slots
1000
1

Speeds
Weight 0
6.2
6.0
6.2
5.3
5.3
2.4
-1.7
2.4

Weight Max
4.0
3.8
4.0
3.4
3.4
1.6
-1.1
1.6

Crew Related
Crew numbers
Minimum crew
Optimal crew
Maximum crew
40
220
400

Officers
Officer 1
All
25 Comments
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Ironhelm 31 Dec, 2022 @ 2:58pm 
all this talk about east indiamen, and i'm wondering how anyone could describe what we have in game as "Fast". if they moved faster than the speed of smell i'd actually consider using them as more than accommodation ships.
Carltonace1 20 Dec, 2022 @ 12:05pm 
Rylandorr, I would recommend you to see Linois action against the indiamen. They were often better armed than you give them credit. It all depended on the estimatation of risk vs profit.
[RN]rylandorr 21 Jan, 2022 @ 9:09pm 
Also 1 last note. If you look up an Indiamen and see it has 60 guns(the largest example I could find - Dutch East Indiaman - AlloValkeniss). Please read into the armament as at most 12-14 cannons per side were actually 6-12lb cannons most people would invision, but the rest being the majority ere much smaller swivel type cannons or smaller carronades used more for repelling boarding efforts and had ranges less than 100 yards.

Man these things would have no chance with a 4th rate and up due to the tactics, training, manouverability, and in general any frigate or smaller SOL being designed specifically for battle, where as East Indiamens were larger cargo ships that were armed yes, but their first purpose was to haul alot of load.

Its like comparing a slightly armoured Uhaul truck with a gun on top, vs a tank with a gun on top lol.
Read more you crazy crazy rocker
[RN]rylandorr 21 Jan, 2022 @ 9:00pm 
It can surely outrun a 1st and 2nd rate, but that is it. It could not win in any engagement besides retreating most of the time. And once it gets to most 3rd rate class ships and up, they would be at par with an Indiamen's speed.

In fact the vast vast majority of Indiamen ships were mistaken for RN frigates due to carrying about 30 cannons.

I also saw you post in the comments of another guide for somebody giving cannon stats for this game where you went on a rant with some horrid spelling/grammar, and then the next comment was perfect and looked copy and pasted but was still pretty wrong.

Please check your facts or do more research as there is some pretty glaring incorrect/misinformation in this "history" you are trying to spread.
PS ppl aren't here to hear half assed history rants either, that is what youtube is for. They are here for the guides and comments are usually around them as well.
[RN]rylandorr 21 Jan, 2022 @ 9:00pm 
crazy rocker.

Sorry that is false. Indiamen did not have 80 guns. they had 30 on avg and sometimes slightly higher but not the same amount of cannons as a 2nd rate(very expensive) being 70-80. Also they were of a smaller size generally and NOT accurate at the same range SOLs which anything above a frigate carried much more powerful guns than any or 99% of Indiamen ships(such as the long guns on a 1st/2nd/3rd rate).

You are correct in that they were fast, but the primary use of their guns was to be too hard a target for enemies, or if they tried to approach her to weaken and board, the Indiaman's guns would now be in range to be optimal.

So no, not even a chance it could take on a 1st and/or 2nd and most likely wouldnt survive long at all against a 3rd rate as well.
commanderwolf557 30 Nov, 2021 @ 7:23am 
This is amazing, thank you
godofradio 16 Jul, 2021 @ 10:03am 
Thanks for posting this excellent and helpful guide!
crazy rocker 12 Apr, 2021 @ 6:13am 
the east Indiamen were very fast heavly armed cargo ships. some had as many as 80 guns on them.
Nelson had some at the battle of the Nile and Trafalgar. terms of the licence the east India companies had was they had to supply ships to the countries navies and their private armies in times of war if needed.
Very few ships could catch them or out gun them. Cause of their speed and firepower they could take on a 1st rater and win.
BigCMGN 8 Apr, 2021 @ 10:07pm 
Damn, this guide is HUGE and very thorough - nice work! I'm curious if you publish your guides to any major websites? I ask because I run MGN, and I have a few guide writers working with me and it looks like you would be a great fit. Hit me up if interested! Great guide btw!
godscop999 16 Jan, 2021 @ 10:34pm 
Nice work. Some useful detail here, not to mention the historical interest.