Google AdSense

Amazon Ad

Monday, August 30, 2004

I broke down and am calculating the correct burdens for French ships

I looked at alternatives, and decided that I would do best to use a spreadsheet to calculate the English-style burden for French ships. My first application is for the Solebay scenario. I am calculating the burdens and recording relevant data for the French ships that were actually at Solebay, not just those that are in the Privateers Bounty scenario.
For example, the data for the French flagship, the Saint-Phillipe (78 guns) is:
146ft LOA 121ft LK x 36.5ft x 18.5ft, giving a French tonnage of 1408 tons and an English burden of 1,037 tons. The armament I'm using is 24-36pdr, 26-18pdr, 24-8pdr, and 4-6pdr.

No comments:

Amazon Context Links