The Heavy Frigate
The Pirates of The Burning Sea team has added a new article to the site. The is article takes a look at one of the heavy hitters that roamed the sea's in the time period of the game, The Heavy Frigate
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06/25/2004
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The first of the frigates designed and built after the 'Glorious Revolution' swept William of Orange into power was appropriately named Experiment. Built in 1689 at Chatham, she was 105 feet long, 27 feet wide, had a draught of 10 feet and a burthen of 370 tons. She carried 32 sakers or nine-pounders. By the end of the century, the British navy had about thirty frigates in service, no two of which were identical. The War of Spanish Succession in 1702 brought no innovations in frigate design either; standardization was still far in the future. The British built the Gosport in 1702. She was 118 feet long, 32 feet wide, had a draught of 14 feet and a burthen of 531 tons. She carried 40 twelve-pounders and was one of the most powerful frigates the British built prior to the end of the 18th century. The Swedish naval architects countered with Illerim. She was 130 feet in length, 34 feet in width, had a draught of 17 feet and a burthen of 1140 tons. She carried 26 eighteen-pound guns and 10 eight-pounders. She was the largest single-decked warship of her day.
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