Ship: Hector, 5th Rate prize 22-30 guns LGD: 100ft LK: 80ft Beam: 25ft Hold: 10ft LK x B x D: 200 tons LK x B x D x (4/3): 266 tons LK x B x (B/2)/94 : 265-45/47 tons (burden) Guns probably sakers (5-1/4pdr) and minions (4pdr) (say 16-sakers and 8 minions)I am in desperate need of better gun information for English ships in 1652 to 1654, if someone has some better information). I would settle for some representative gun lists.
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Sunday, May 03, 2009
A small English warship, circa 1652
This represents my first attempt in several years to make an English ship wargame piece. The ship is 100ft long on the gun deck. A representative ship would be the Hector, taken from the Royalists in 1644 and sold out of the service in 1656. The specifications for this ship are (as estimated):
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