Somewhat off-topic, but still interesting

Armada-era wargamers might find this of interest. These are notes from two books written by Julian S. Corbett, the great English naval historian. There were quite a few things that were new to me. I had not realized that the Advantage and Answer were cromsters. I had assumed that they were ships (or at least were ship-rigged).

 

Julian S. Corbett, The Successors of Drake, London, 1919

p.387  he calls the Advantage and Answer "cromsters".

the Moon was a pinnace

 

p.417

 

Ship	-	keel	beam	depth	burden	tonnage
Repulse	-	105 feet	37 feet	16 feet	622 tons	777 tons
Warspite	-	90 feet	36 feet	16 feet	518 tons	648 tons

 

 

Repulse, armament

 

8-1/2 foot brass culverins (18pdrs)	each 3800 lbs.	16
10 foot brass culverins (18pdrs)	each 4000 lbs	4
8-1/2 foot iron demi-culverins (9pdrs)	each 2500 lbs	16
9 foot iron demi-culverins (9pdrs)	each 2700 lbs	4
8-1/2 foot sakers (5pdrs)	each 1700 lbs	8

 

 

Warspite, armament

 

 

Location	length and type	number
For the sides in the 'lower-orlop'	8-1/2 foot culverins	16
For the stern and the prow in the lower orlop	10ft culverins	4
for the capstan deck on the sides	8-1/2 foot demi-culverins	8
for the stern and the prow	9-1/2 foot demi-culverins	4
for the waist fore and aft	8-1/2 foot sakers	6
for the half deck	8-1/2 foot sakers	2

 

 

The armaments of 1599 was as follows:

 

-	demi-cannon	perriers	culverins	demi-culverins	sakers
Repulse	3	2	13	14	6
Warspite	2	2	14	10	4

 

Julian S. Corbett, Drake and the Tudor Navy, 2 Vols., London, 1898.

 

Vol.2, p.194

 

Nature of Armament	Eliz. Bonaventure	-	Aid	-
-	Wynter	Drake	Wynter	Drake
Demi-Cannon	4	4	-	-
Perriers	2	4	-	-
Culverins	6	8	0	4
Demi-Culverins	8	12	2	4
Sakers	6	6	8	10
Minions	2	1	2	4
Falcons	2	3	7	4
Port Pieces	4	4	4	0
Fowlers	6	2	8	4
Bases	12	0	8	2
Shot weight of batteries	395 lbs.	514 lbs.	88 lbs.	192 lbs.