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I believe that I read that Independence was a disappointment as a 74 due to her lower gundeck clearance and was razeed pretty quickly into a heavy/super frigate.

I favor more the inability to change course due to her extra windage of the roundhouse. My notes say D deck is the same speed, but without the 2 extra cards. Another option is to make her sailing...

Garr! I like my white masts, they're staying! I suppose technically this means that the period Constitution was buff and black. Huh, that takes some adjustment.

What about Pomone?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_frigate_Pomone_(1787)

She seems longer than Constitution, which is good for the mini.

Endymion or her sisters might be a...

What about using the Constitution with modified stats for the 1781 South Carolina?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indien_(1778)