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Niels Terkildsen

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  1. In order to get new players to understand manual sails, I currently refer to this: This little video also quickly shows how to turn (and tack) optimally:
  2. It should be noted, also, that our engaging in trade around the British possessions of Jamaica & al. can be quite successful even, or yet more so, without excessive use of violence. Only a few days ago, Capitain v. Martius and I took into our custody a British snow filled to the brim with tobacco, which was rightly deemed a fair prize by the government's delegates on Cow Island; and that is far from the first valuable acquisition we've made. -
  3. We will not begrudge him his credit for bringing some lovely carronades to the battle, though he took more than his share of it in the write up.
  4. It would be much appreciated. Venereal diseases run rampant when there's no control, and some individuals should certainly be barred from the whorehouse.
  5. It's named after the "Disco Bay", that had seen an increase in trade and whaling activity shortly before the ship was built. (Danish speakers can read more here).
  6. Took some better pictures when the lights were on in the museum: http://imgur.com/a/J1YI2
  7. It's worth mentioning that it was intended as a "lastdragerfregat", which is a heavy frigate capable of carrying cargo - to be used for transporting supplies and also in this case carrying presents to the Barbary States in the Mediterranean. It was intended to carry 18- and 8-pounders in the service, but when it was loaned (and later sold) to the East India (China) trade, it was changed to 8- and 4-pounders (26 8-pounders on the upper deck, 12 4-pounders on the quarter deck, and 4 4-pounders on the forecastle - two of which were to be bow chasers). Picture of the beautiful 1:48 model built 1948-50 by E. Werge, Orlogsværftet, and in the exhibition at the Maritime Museum of Elsinore: And my own pictures of the model: http://imgur.com/a/ktZ0R EDIT: Extra plans for the ship (and copies etc.) and a "plan" for the lanterns ^^: File from the Danish National Archive:
  8. You are mistaken. Rolling broadside is the same as what you're looking for.
  9. What the OP is suggesting seems, like jodgi pointed out, no different than the rolling broadsides we already have. If what he meant was an automatically aimed rolling fire, that would be ridiculous. What I would rather see, then, is a lowering of the cool down (or complete removal of it) when using aimed shots - that would mean you could come in at any speed and adjust your timing (pushing of the space bar) accordingly, instead of having to adjust your speed and turn rate to the never-changing rolling broadside timing. However, that's a bit more complicated when using ships with several gun decks since aiming shots take one deck at a time (unless you're very fast on your keys, and can switch between the gun decks with F1, F2, etc. while simultaneously aiming and timing your shots). At least it would help to improve the timing of guns, crucial when raking, for smaller ships, while bigger ones would either have to rely on the regular rolling broadsides or be content with using only one deck's guns in the raking.
  10. I'm not sure how your post relates to my issue, but there seems to be a good number of Steam fanboys in here. I guess I'm just out of sync...
  11. Greetings, Recently signatures have been restricted to one image. Is there any chance we can make that three? I like linking to the different NA projects I'm involved in using images. I know my signature is a bit long, but perhaps the restriction should be total lenght/height of all images in the signatures instead. Regards. PS. I'm unable to edit my current signature without removing at least two images.
  12. Consisting of, and providing Letters of Marque against the Enemies of the DANISH CROWN to, the Captains Niels Terkildsen Rikard Frederiksen Hagen v. Martius Johann Friedrich Hebenstreit Johann Procopius Christoffersen Bleddyn ap Eynon Taking part in and protecting Commerce around ST. CROIX, ST. THOMAS, & ST. JOHN'S and furthermore hindering the Trade of said Enemies ESTD 1796 Clean copy of the standard Letter of Marque with Translation Hunde-Eylandet (The Dog Island) on a Map of the Danish West Indies
  13. Well, it's only some games that have that issue. My above concern (also with the forced auto-updates) was, for instance, with Crusader Kings II, that switched to Steam servers and at the same time disabled all other ways of playing multiplayer.
  14. Personally I think this is a size of trader that we're currently missing in the game. I think it looks older (the lines) than it really is; a plump, little, Dutch looking, West Indiaman
  15. "The 'Frederiksdal', an armed frigate, which like many West Indiamen was built in Flensborg, 1780-82. Its first owner was the very big Copenhagen commercial firm of van Hemert, headed by two half brothers Pieter van Hemert and Gysbert Behagen. They belonged to the influential patrician set centred round the German reformed church. Later the ship passed into the possession of lieutenant commander Diderich von Holstein, who was Behagen's son-in-law. On the trading voyage mentioned in the article the 'Frederiksdal' also functioned as a training ship for six naval lieutenants and a number of cadets. In 1794 and 1795 the vessel made voyages to the West Indies for another owner, von Holstein's brother-in-law Thøger Abo, adjutant general. Thereafter it sailed between Denmark and Norway until it was sold to Norway in 1799 after Abo's bankruptcy." - Gøbel, Erik: ”Dansk sejlads på Vestindien og Guinea 1671-1807 (Danish voyages to the West Indies and Guinea)” i Hendriksen, Johnna; Jeppesen, Hans & Poulsen, Hanne (red.): Årbog 1982, p.37, Handels- og Søfartsmuseet på Kronborg, Helsingør, 1982.
  16. From M/S Museet for Søfart (Maritime Museum of Elsinore): "Fregat og Vestindienfarer FREDERICHSDAHL. Bygget: 1780-82 i Flensborg. 129½ kommercelæst. Reder: Etatsråd P. v. Hemmert & Sønner, København. I 1799 solgt til Norge." Trader Frigate, Friderichsdahl (a.k.a. Frederichsdahl / Frederiksdal et.al.) built for the West Indies 1780-82 in Flensborg (modern day Germany). 129½ kommercelæst (Danish tonnage). Shipowner: P. v. Hemmert & Sønner, Copenhagen. Sold for Norway in 1799. From the Danish National Archives: Ship plans (click on them for higher resolution): Model: Model in the scale 1:48 built by A. Nissen, Varde, Denmark, and given to the Maritime Museum in Elsinore by Venneselskabet and Otto Mønsteds Fond. My own pictures from the museum (unfortunately it was hard to get proper pictures with the lack of light due to the exhibition being closed): http://imgur.com/a/RkGWq EDIT: Took some better pictures when the lights were on in the museum: http://imgur.com/a/J1YI2 More information: http://www.jmarcussen.dk/maritim/skibsliste/side.php?id=10181
  17. I recently stumbled upon the Danish National Archives' digtalised ship plans, with pictures of fantastic detail. It's a bit clunky to manoeuvre in but it's a lot better than orlogsbasen.dk. - You find the ship in the alphabetical register. - There you'll find some basic information, and in the bottom left "Tegninger hørende til skibet:" Which is: Drawings belonging to the ship. - These numbers are to be looked up here. And there you have it!
  18. Thank you! Hopefully there's a little bit for everyone to enjoy, whether it be those concerned mostly with the in-game news and related stuff, or people reading it for the (historically accurate) oddities and bits and pieces, or perhaps a bit of thinly veiled humour.
  19. Steam is a third party I could do without. I always prefer my games outside Steam if possible. Mostly because I like to be in control of my own stuff, and giving control to Steam (that, for example, forces me to update games when that will break mod setups etc.) is disconcerting. Also, it's a kind of monopoly - monopolies are bad by definition if you ask me. Lastly, it doesn't leave room for old direct IP connections when playing multiplayer with friends, which can be very annoying when playing some games (especially older titles I suppose).
  20. Yes, but it will counter the great advantage that older players have: they've gathered lots of exceptional upgrades and can avoid ever losing them if they play safe (don't use them on 1-durability ships). You can get the non-craftable upgrades at a lower level quite easily, but if you bring your exceptional powder monkeys to battle, and you fail to surrender rather than fighting to the last, you'll lose that advantage (just like losing an officer-life and your crew).
  21. I agree; though I would expand upon that: - Permanent upgrades on ships are lost at any loss of durability (and will stay on the captured one). - Regular upgrades are lost upon "death", but are kept if you surrender (they will not be on the captured ship). This might sound a bit harsh, but I think it's a step towards a more living upgrade production. This, however, should come alongside the possibility to put up contracts for selling/buying upgrades (at least permanent ones).
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