Capt Hornblower Posted May 25, 2016 Share Posted May 25, 2016 would be rather nice to sail the ship used in Master and Commander, which I believe was HMS Rose. she does fall in the time frame for NA, being 1757 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuzzyhead12 Posted May 25, 2016 Share Posted May 25, 2016 would be rather nice to sail the ship used in Master and Commander, which I believe was HMS Rose. she does fall in the time frame for NA, being 1757 The suprise, is the HMS rose as far as i know, and oyu cna fully crew her as Master Comander (for brits) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Masterviolin Posted May 25, 2016 Share Posted May 25, 2016 (edited) The suprise, is the HMS rose as far as i know, and oyu cna fully crew her as Master Comander (for brits) Oh no my friend, she's not the L'Unite class corvette. Surprise is from a much later date than 1754. He means the 20 gun post rate ship. L'Unite is a 44 gun corvette, the historical HMS Rose was a 20-28 gun frigate. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Rose_(1757) The HMS rose in San Diego was originally built as a replica for the actual HMS Rose. but she was modified heavily to fit the role for HMS Surprise. I've had the pleasure of seeing and boarding the replica, and I can tell you it's obvious that she's not a replica of a L'Unite. Quarterdeck rail and overall hull complexion isn't too familiar for my beloved HMS Constance in-game Edited May 25, 2016 by _Masterviolin 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt Hornblower Posted May 25, 2016 Author Share Posted May 25, 2016 be nice too if she could appear as she did in the movie. she's a fine looking ship in M&C Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AKPyrate Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 Oh no my friend, she's not the L'Unite class corvette. Surprise is from a much later date than 1754. He means the 20 gun post rate ship. L'Unite is a 44 gun corvette, the historical HMS Rose was a 20-28 gun frigate. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Rose_(1757) Where's your source for L'Unite's armament? If I recall correctly, L'Unite was built to bridge the gap between the smaller warships and frigates, thus would be a small frigate and most definitely NOT a 44 gun ship! Heck, the British classified her as a 28 gun frigate (though she often carried more than those 28 guns, but that was more of the norm in the day). Furthermore, as the Surprise from the novels/movie was a work of fiction based in history, and Patrick O'Brian once toured HMS Rose (pre-conversion) and noted that she was very much like he envisioned Aubrey's Surprise, I'd say she's a pretty good fit. *Edit: Looked up the wikipedia page for Surprise... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Surprise_(1796) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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