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  1. Voices from the Past (0 replies)
  2. Oblique Fire and HMS Shannon (9 replies)
  3. Conversion of Spanish measurements into English measurements? (4 replies)
  4. British Neptune Class 90-gun 2nd Rate (6 replies)
  5. Help Needed Please (3 replies)
  6. Sir William Sidney Smith (3 replies)
  7. Thomas Cochrane (1 replies)
  8. The Spithead Mutiny (2 replies)
  9. Ragusan history during the Napoleonic Wars. (4 replies)
  10. Dubrovnik and Captain Hoste. (4 replies)
  11. Cook's Endeavor Found? (1 replies)
  12. Invincible - how the French gave the world the 74 (4 replies)
  13. What would be the best sculpts for the Spanish at Trafalgar (11 replies)
  14. St. Helena plot. (0 replies)
  15. A question for our American cousins. (3 replies)
  16. Revisiting the Spanish 74's... (33 replies)
  17. Guns, Carronades, Obusiers and divers Ordnance (6 replies)
  18. Warships and others of the Bombay Marine. (1 replies)
  19. American Schooner stats. (34 replies)
  20. A Floating Gun-Battery on Lake Champlain during the AWI (1 replies)
  21. AWI Espionage - The Theft of British Naval Signals in 1781 (8 replies)
  22. Comments on my frigates history posts. (1 replies)
  23. Blackbeard. (4 replies)
  24. Another bit of history. (0 replies)
  25. Royal Navy Frigates. (0 replies)
  26. British fifth rate 18 pounder Frigates. (5 replies)
  27. British Fifth Rate 24pdr Frigates 1793-1817 (12 replies)
  28. British Large 24pdr Frigates of 50 guns. (4 replies)
  29. Cutting Out Missions (6 replies)
  30. War of 1812, assessing needed sculpts (1 replies)
  31. Fourth-rate 50's, companion discussion thread/draught comparison (4 replies)
  32. Fourth Rate 50 gun ships of the Royal Navy. (26 replies)
  33. Fourth Rate 60 gun ships of The Royal Navy. (4 replies)
  34. USS Essex. (0 replies)
  35. American Frigates (80 replies)
  36. Spanish Flag History (18 replies)
  37. Third Rate 64 gun ships of the Royal Navy. (42 replies)
  38. Learning Resource Suggestions (22 replies)
  39. 3rd Rate ships of the Royal Navy. 1793 to 1815. (81 replies)
  40. Napoleonic Naval trivia. (1 replies)
  41. Ships of the Line comments. (8 replies)
  42. Barbary Coast Jelly Roger (1 replies)
  43. Invasion of the Cape Colony. (2 replies)
  44. Tall Ship Providence - Alexandria, Virginia (2 replies)
  45. Tour of HMS Victory. (16 replies)
  46. Time Team Special. (0 replies)
  47. Third Rate ships of 74 guns. (65 replies)
  48. General information on the Napoleonic era for beginners. (2 replies)
  49. 18th Cent 80 Gun Ships of the Line . (5 replies)
  50. USS Essex (17 replies)
  51. First and Second Rate Ships of the 18th Century (37 replies)
  52. Gunnery. (21 replies)
  53. HMS Arethusa (6 replies)
  54. Lake Maracaibo, 1823 (12 replies)
  55. Napoleonic Navy. (1 replies)
  56. One for the American small boat men. (2 replies)
  57. Nelson's Ships. (8 replies)
  58. The United States Naval Academy Museum - "Ships of 1812" (2 replies)
  59. Lucky Jack - Not the lesser of two weevils (5 replies)
  60. The Battle of the Basque Roads (92 replies)
  61. Heads & Hounds ?? (1 replies)
  62. Technical facts about ships. (Short informative clips) (7 replies)
  63. A Breakdown of the Crew Aboard a Frigate (2 replies)
  64. "Nelson's Trafalgar" Documentary (0 replies)
  65. An Article About American Privateers in the War of 1812 (4 replies)
  66. Battle of Cape Santa Maria 1804. (12 replies)
  67. Comoros Islands 1810. (29 replies)
  68. John Paul Jones' Flag (3 replies)
  69. The Battle of the Dogger Bank. 1781. (19 replies)
  70. ...for Napoleon (9 replies)
  71. Whalers (6 replies)
  72. The Battle of Martinique (1780) (41 replies)
  73. Happy Birthday Horatio (4 replies)
  74. The Action of 6 February 1799. (1 replies)
  75. The Battle of Les Sables-d'Olonne. (10 replies)
  76. Some ship, some launch. (7 replies)
  77. Has anyone seen this documentary? Broadside Emerging Empires Collide (7 replies)
  78. Quiberon Bay. (56 replies)
  79. Waterloo AND Gettysburg Veteran (6 replies)
  80. The Battle of Bunkum Bay. (0 replies)
  81. The Battle of Fort Royal 29 April 1781. (50 replies)
  82. Imperieuse/Cochrane’s Sudden Anchor Turn (19 replies)
  83. 1769 Ship uncovered in Maine, USA (2 replies)
  84. Threads open for comment. (0 replies)
  85. Pellew at Batavia. (5 replies)
  86. Battle of Cape Santa Maria (7 replies)
  87. Forts and Shore Batteries - Research notes (37 replies)
  88. The Action of November 1813 continued. (5 replies)
  89. The Action of 5 November 1813. (13 replies)
  90. The Battle of Lake Erie. (9 replies)
  91. The Battle of Plattsburgh. (6 replies)
  92. The Battle of Plattsburgh. (0 replies)
  93. Frigate Action 23 April 1794. (9 replies)
  94. The Battle of Saint Kitts. (46 replies)
  95. The Battle of the Chesapeake. (43 replies)
  96. The Battle of Pirano (0 replies)
  97. The capture of the Jeune Richard. (0 replies)
  98. The Battle of Diamond Rock. (5 replies)
  99. The Battle of Tamatave (sometimes called the Battle of Madagascar (8 replies)
  100. Battle of Lissa (1811) (22 replies)
  101. Loading and firing. (0 replies)
  102. Royal Navy Raid on Kingston, NY -- October 1777 (4 replies)
  103. The Battle of the Basque Roads. (39 replies)
  104. Hello Gents, I have a few questions (2 replies)
  105. The Battle of Cape Finisterre (1805). (44 replies)
  106. The Battle of Cape Ortegal. (12 replies)
  107. Modeling the 1806 Atlantic Campaign squadrons (4 replies)
  108. Brain-dumping on Great Lakes warships (1 replies)
  109. The Atlantic campaign of 1806. (74 replies)
  110. Honourable East India Company (48 replies)
  111. The battle of Pulo Aura. (25 replies)
  112. San Domingo. The French Squadron. (1 replies)
  113. The Battle of San Domingo. (17 replies)
  114. British Marines. (5 replies)
  115. 1812 War (9 replies)
  116. Myths of Nelson's Navy. (4 replies)
  117. Copenhagen 1801. The Danish Captains. (14 replies)
  118. I Suspect There's More To This Story... (3 replies)
  119. More on Copenhagen. (4 replies)
  120. Copenhagen: Men & Machines (28 replies)
  121. Copenhagen 1801. (36 replies)
  122. A bit of a Surprise. (2 replies)
  123. Amsterdam. (5 replies)
  124. Ships complement (5 replies)
  125. Camperdown: Men & Machines (2 replies)
  126. Bligh's gold Medals. (2 replies)
  127. Camperdown The Dutch Fleet. (9 replies)
  128. Women in Nelson's Navy. (0 replies)
  129. The Battle of Camperdown. (22 replies)
  130. Glorious First of June. Ships of Villaret de Joyeuse's fleet. (9 replies)
  131. Glorious First of June: Ships, Officers and their Game Effects (3 replies)
  132. The Glorious First of June. (54 replies)
  133. The Battle of St. Vincent. The Spanish Fleet. (8 replies)
  134. The Battle of St Vincent. The British. (27 replies)
  135. Now the French Fleet at the Nile.. (24 replies)
  136. Nelson's Band of Brothers - Game Effects (18 replies)
  137. Band of Brothers. (16 replies)
  138. Flag Of Généreux found and on display! (1 replies)
  139. A Four-decker Ship of the Line. (14 replies)
  140. Orders of Battle (5 replies)
  141. An interesting find. (4 replies)
  142. Bomb Ketches. (5 replies)
  143. Fireships. (4 replies)
  144. The Algerine pirates. (10 replies)
  145. 17th and 18th Century coastal fortifications. (9 replies)
  146. Skeleton Crews? (38 replies)
  147. HMS Terror located (4 replies)
  148. Sculpt Status: Trafalgar Campaign (2 replies)
  149. Captain Matthew Flinders RN. (2 replies)
  150. People of historical significance in your family trees (10 replies)
  151. Master and Commander documentary (8 replies)
  152. Nelson's letters. (4 replies)
  153. USS Constitution Sister ships (29 replies)
  154. HMS Indefatigable vs. Droits de l’Homme . (8 replies)
  155. Oh to be, upon the sea, aboard HMS Trincomalee! (23 replies)
  156. Algerian Frigates (12 replies)
  157. Letters from Battle of Vyborg Bay 1790 (3 replies)
  158. From an earlier Epoch. (6 replies)
  159. New Orleans Class (2 replies)
  160. HMS Superb. (9 replies)
  161. A failure by Nelson. (1 replies)
  162. HEIC ship Cornwallis. (24 replies)
  163. Letter from Nelson (19 replies)
  164. Naval Surgery of the 18th Century. (34 replies)
  165. HMS Amelia. (14 replies)
  166. HMS Doris ( Frigate) (6 replies)
  167. Den Helder. (4 replies)
  168. The French Navy (13 replies)
  169. Question on relative speeds of ship types at various points of sail (25 replies)
  170. The Last Soldier (2 replies)
  171. Today in 1812. (20 replies)
  172. A tour around HMS Victory. (13 replies)
  173. What's The Correct Name For Proserpine In French Service? (2 replies)
  174. I Miss Games that Include Designer's Notes (69 replies)
  175. Sailing Warships Link (8 replies)
  176. who had better crew/sailors/captains the French or Spanish ? (1 replies)
  177. famous age of sails coastal fortresses/batteries in the age of sail (6 replies)
  178. Off topic: Study on nutrition in French Napoleonic army (3 replies)
  179. historical London Gazette notices (3 replies)
  180. Ensign Haliyards (3 replies)
  181. Dec. 30th 1812, during the War of 1812 (2 replies)
  182. Musee de la Marine Paris (16 replies)
  183. 21 Oct. 1805. Trafalgar. (7 replies)
  184. Videos on the Russian Navy (3 replies)
  185. Disaster of Napoleon's Fleet (3 replies)
  186. October 3, 1778--Captain James Cook / Anchors at Samganunuda / Alaska (2 replies)
  187. Picture Quiz (141 replies)
  188. Empire of the Seas (6 replies)
  189. Broadsides tidbit (4 replies)
  190. Unable to see the Constitution before she goes to drydock? Google is here to help! (5 replies)
  191. List of Ships of the Line by Nation (9 replies)
  192. 200 Years Ago Today. Ft. McHenry, Baltimore Md. (6 replies)
  193. This date, 1814 (68 replies)
  194. Bicenntenial of the "Star Spangled Banner" this weekend in Baltimore (13 replies)
  195. Historic Shipwrecks: Science, History, and Engineering (SO482A) (7 replies)
  196. USS Constitution (9 replies)
  197. Action between USS Constitution and HMS Guerriere, 19 August 1812 (19 replies)
  198. Battle of Derna (3 replies)
  199. Spanish Flag From Trafalgar (10 replies)
  200. Help for alternative armament for British 74 & question on British 80 gun SOL (10 replies)
  201. Stretching Sculpts: SGN108 and SGN201 British First Rates (24 replies)
  202. Nelson's Commands (7 replies)
  203. Diamondback's "Stretching Sculpts" Research--Thread Index (3 replies)
  204. Stretching Sculpts: SGN102 1782 French Temeraire 74's (11 replies)
  205. Anyone out there have a copy of the 1714-1792 BWAS volume? (11 replies)
  206. Online sources for draughts/drawings? (0 replies)
  207. Stretching Sculpts: SGN105 Hebe 40 Gun Frigates (10 replies)
  208. How did convoy protection work? (4 replies)
  209. New update on Napoleon Series has War of 1812 magazine #22 (0 replies)
  210. Who said what? (2 replies)
  211. Legion of Honour - on this day (8 replies)
  212. The exposed position of a captain. (20 replies)
  213. Naval Museum of Madrid (2 replies)
  214. Interestin new book coming on the Dutch in the AOS (3 replies)
  215. USS Niagara Museum Live Fire Demonstration (12 replies)
  216. How common was it for a SOL to capture a frigate? (7 replies)
  217. Trying to run down a ghost ship, need some help... (10 replies)
  218. A question about beating up-wind (5 replies)
  219. Best ship for repaint to HMS Surprise? (13 replies)
  220. The Siege of Gdańsk 1807. English Fleet arrives. (19 replies)
  221. Spanish ships source 1687-1853 (4 replies)
  222. Brainstorming the future of SoG (20 replies)
  223. Stretching Sculpts: SGN103 1773 Amazon 12-pounder 32's (10 replies)
  224. Stretching Sculpts: SGN104 1760 Slade Common 74's (19 replies)
  225. French Naval flags (2 replies)
  226. Stretching Sculpts: 1777 Concorde class 12-lb. 32-gun frigates (18 replies)
  227. L'Inconstante (4 replies)
  228. Minor Powers' Navies. Do you know that... (6 replies)
  229. Found something interesting... (13 replies)
  230. Ships of Jack Aubrey (6 replies)
  231. On This Day 2 January (0 replies)
  232. On this Day January 17th, 1781 Battle of Cowpens (2 replies)
  233. Napoleon Series prize article Part 4: Planning & Preparing for War in N Am. 1808-12 (0 replies)
  234. Napoleon Series prize article Part 3: Sir George Prevost: Defender of Canada 1812 (0 replies)
  235. Napoleon Series prize article Part 2: USS Oneida (0 replies)
  236. Napoleon Series prize article Part 1: Commodore on the lakes 1812 (0 replies)
  237. USS Constitution's 1931-1934 Cruise (4 replies)
  238. On this day 31 December - de Villeneuve was born (8 replies)
  239. On this day 30 December - final ships arrived in Bantry Bay, Expédition d'Irlande (1 replies)
  240. On this day 29 December - the USS Constitution defats the HMS Java (14 replies)
  241. On this day 27 December - the Court Martial of Admiral Byng (6 replies)
  242. The Navies of the Napoleonic Wars you are not likely to see in SOG. (25 replies)
  243. On this day 26 December - the HMS Viper captured a French privateer (2 replies)
  244. On this day 24 December - The signing of the Treaty of Ghent (14 replies)
  245. On this day 23 December - The running aground of the HMS Fama (0 replies)
  246. On this day 22 December - The wreck of the HMS Minotaur (0 replies)
  247. On this day 21 December - Landing parties destroy a tower (0 replies)
  248. On this day 11 December - HMS Tremendous and HMS Adamant engage French Preneuse (0 replies)
  249. On this day 9 December - non-AoS military events (2 replies)
  250. On this day 7 December - a attack on Pearl Harbor (4 replies)