[Reporting for duty!]

As I told another fellow, get your affairs in order.  This game is like crack!

Wrong, oh SO wrong. This game is better than crack.

[What beats the USS constitution?]

I know that just about any ship of the line. A 74 for example would beat the constitution.

But theoretically the consitution was built to run from those ships. It was never meant to fight a real battle.

 

So with this in mind and considering how heavy it's pound for pound 44 gun shot is for a frigate. 

Did the British or any other nation have anything comparable in the period?

 

I know the British captured a 40 gun french frigate that may have come close. But could it have outrun her?

 

Basically I am wondering if everybody will be running constitution class ships in the open game. Two of

these ships could be unbeatable by anything but a three decker.

Yes, it's called a 5th rate.