D. Federico de Gravina y N Posted August 29, 2015 Share Posted August 29, 2015 (edited) Here is the History of the Spanish corvette called "Descubierta" and her twin "Atrevida" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Descubierta_and_Atrevida The ships was builded with the original armament: • 22 x 8 lbs.• 4 x 6 lbs. But for the expedition, only carried: • 14 x 6 lbs.• 2 x 4 lbs. Figurehead Carlos Parrilla´S drawings: http://carlosparrillapenagos.es/pintura-naval/ Authentic Wood models from the Naval Museum of Madrid: the expedition version 16 guns: The original version 26 guns: Drawings and plans. Drawings for the original version: Edited August 30, 2015 by RAE_Cmdt.Cavero 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D. Federico de Gravina y N Posted August 29, 2015 Author Share Posted August 29, 2015 (edited) More in coming: There is a person whor are making a wood model with a good fidelity of the real ship, I´m talking with him to get his permission to put here his images of his drwaings and the photos of his wood model. For now waiting for his answer. Edited August 29, 2015 by RAE_Cmdt.Cavero Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maturin Posted August 29, 2015 Share Posted August 29, 2015 For Spanish vessels, bear in mind that they were very strongly built but often radically under-gunned (9-pdr sloops carrying 6-pdrs, for example). So in the game their armaments can be stretched. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D. Federico de Gravina y N Posted August 29, 2015 Author Share Posted August 29, 2015 (edited) For Spanish vessels, bear in mind that they were very strongly built but often radically under-gunned (9-pdr sloops carrying 6-pdrs, for example). So in the game their armaments can be stretched. yes, it was a problem with the spanish lower vessels. only to the end of the century, some vessels were overpower it Edited August 29, 2015 by RAE_Cmdt.Cavero Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrapeShot Posted August 29, 2015 Share Posted August 29, 2015 I like the looks of it. Very distinct. But, with that well rounded hull was it slow? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D. Federico de Gravina y N Posted August 30, 2015 Author Share Posted August 30, 2015 more pictures in the first post: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D. Federico de Gravina y N Posted August 30, 2015 Author Share Posted August 30, 2015 I like the looks of it. Very distinct. But, with that well rounded hull was it slow? I must Investigate what speed she had, I think that only 6 is very poor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maturin Posted August 30, 2015 Share Posted August 30, 2015 If she was built for exploration, she may well have been slow (and safe), as was Cook's bark Endeavor. (6 knots is very slow even for close-hauled sailing.) Of course, if you can chug along at 4-6 knots with few interruptions, you can make faster passages than nominally faster ships. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Connor Posted August 30, 2015 Share Posted August 30, 2015 Look at the 2nd model (listed 26 guns, looks accurate and built to plans) this is no merchant style vessel but a naval corvette of a light frigate type, with an elegant streamlined hullform. I expect similar corvettes were built for naval purposes (minus the covered quarterdeck). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grottski Posted August 30, 2015 Share Posted August 30, 2015 Love the look of this ship, and would love to see her in the game. She would be a great exploration ship and scout. I really hope the find a way to make these smaller ships viable so not everyone is sailing in 5th rates + a few months after launch. But thats a topic for another thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D. Federico de Gravina y N Posted August 30, 2015 Author Share Posted August 30, 2015 (edited) They were builded how a military vessels, but were remodeled for the exploration travel( reduced their armament, closeing some gunsport to made cubicles, here are the image with this remodelation: Information about their speed: The Malaspina´s corvettes had neither a helmet nor designed for speed but to have little depth rig ( ships were scouting ) and mainly carry much cargo because their voyages were important. However, despite these constraints were reasonably fast boats , fifty days from Cadiz to Montevideo are about 5 knots on average. Both the newspaper and the Malaspina one of his lieutenants (Viana ) are cited but not speed does not seem to reach that far, perhaps because reduced candles to save faults. Edited August 30, 2015 by RAE_Cmdt.Cavero 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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