Eric, somewhere along the line while this thread was originally targeted on frigates and making production-viable clusters out of the historical USN...
True, but IIRC Winfield made it sound like the early USN SOL's were even worse than normal. Then again, why bother, it looks like it'll be a cold day...
Also, the French inch and the Spanish inch are not the same, and even Spanish ships from different times do not use the same measure--some are built...
Here's both of Henry's 74's plus Bellona together in 1/500 or double-Ares scale. Top to bottom Bellona-Ganges-Orion, it's surprising that Canada has...
Side note: According to Winfield, the American supersize 74's were unable to open their LD ports in heavy seas. Sounds like a mechanic where they get...
At this scale the 6" length difference on LD is so insignificant as to be a Rounding Error. I'd need to take a closer look at the drawings again, but...
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