Capt Hornblower Posted April 26, 2016 Share Posted April 26, 2016 (edited) this is rather good http://<iframe width="420" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/B1h4N5H8P8U" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> damn thing won't embed Edited April 26, 2016 by Capt Hornblower Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kokerpiraat Posted April 26, 2016 Share Posted April 26, 2016 #Procoding Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fluffy Fishy Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 (edited) Use it as an opportunity to complain about the in game low agility victory stats Edited April 30, 2016 by Fluffy Fishy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balsafer Posted May 1, 2016 Share Posted May 1, 2016 Nothing in that video talks about the Victories agility at sea. I will add everywhere I read about the victory that posted speeds on pegged it at around 8-11knots https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Victory http://www.militaryfactory.com/ships/detail-page-2.asp?ship_id=HMS-Victory Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fluffy Fishy Posted May 12, 2016 Share Posted May 12, 2016 (edited) Nothing in that video talks about the Victories agility at sea. I will add everywhere I read about the victory that posted speeds on pegged it at around 8-11knots https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Victory http://www.militaryfactory.com/ships/detail-page-2.asp?ship_id=HMS-Victory The video doesn't but some of the records like to state that the Victory could quite happily keep to a line of thirds, there are also numerous accounts of the ability of Sir Thomas Slade as a naval architect suggesting he was by some weight the finest shipwright of the time, surpassing even his French contemporaries. There has to be something said of someone who designed 8 of the 27 line ships used by the British at Trafalgar and another 2 used by the French. Edited May 12, 2016 by Fluffy Fishy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balsafer Posted May 13, 2016 Share Posted May 13, 2016 The video doesn't but some of the records like to state that the Victory could quite happily keep to a line of thirds, there are also numerous accounts of the ability of Sir Thomas Slade as a naval architect suggesting he was by some weight the finest shipwright of the time, surpassing even his French contemporaries. There has to be something said of someone who designed 8 of the 27 line ships used by the British at Trafalgar and another 2 used by the French. What records? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malachi Posted May 13, 2016 Share Posted May 13, 2016 There has to be something said of someone who designed 8 of the 27 line ships used by the British at Trafalgar and another 2 used by the French. Especially considering that Slade´s ships were 40 to 50 years old at the time of Trafalgar. And he certainly was one of the most talented shipwrights in the 18th century, if I had to choose a Top 3, that´d be Slade, af Chapman and Blaise Ollivier (followed by Pangallo and Sané) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fluffy Fishy Posted June 10, 2016 Share Posted June 10, 2016 What records? There are quite a few records kept in the archives of the royal maritime museum and royal dockyards. There are also a few mentions that it was the most agile ship of its size in the British fleet, being able to turn more readily than any of its contemporary 3 deckers and almost keeping up to the 2 deckers when it came to attempting sharp manoeuvres. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maturin Posted June 10, 2016 Share Posted June 10, 2016 Especially considering that Slade´s ships were 40 to 50 years old at the time of Trafalgar. And he certainly was one of the most talented shipwrights in the 18th century, if I had to choose a Top 3, that´d be Slade, af Chapman and Blaise Ollivier (followed by Pangallo and Sané) Why would you choose Ollivier over Sane? I can find precious little information about his ships, as opposed to his written work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malachi Posted June 10, 2016 Share Posted June 10, 2016 Because Ollivier introduced the classical frigate design into european ship-building, 'his' apple-shaped hull was used until the late 1810s and a lot of prominent french shipwrights studied under him at Brest (J.-L. Coulomb, Deslaurier, Tupinier, Geoffroy and, of course, his son, J.-L. Ollivier). He also was the first shipwright to accurately calculate displacement with the trapezoid method (1727, Le Fleuron). His Remarques sur la Marine des Anglois et Hollandois is well worth a read Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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