Captains we'd like you to name your ships with historical names such as USS Alfred (1775) with the year in parentheses. Names and histories can be found at:
In the autumn of 1775, as the first ships of the Continental Navy readied in the Delaware River, Commodore Esek Hopkins issued, in a set of fleet signals, an instruction directing his vessels to fly a "striped" jack and ensign. The exact design of these flags is unknown. The ensign was likely to have been the Grand Union Flag, and the jack a simplified version of the ensign: a field of 13 horizontal red and white stripes. However, the jack has traditionally been depicted as consisting of thirteen red and white stripes charged with an uncoiled rattlesnake and the motto "Dont Tread on Me"
The Longship somewhat resembles the Shallop a 17th-century boat type. The Shallop was an open rowing and sailing vessel built to carry cargo, used for fishing, or just traveling on the water. This variety of employment meant a shallop could be either constructed with large frames and thick planking able to withstand rugged use or lightly planked and sparsely framed for increased speed under oars. The Shallop being able to seat eight soldiers makes it useful for Marine landings and boardings. It's maneuverability and swiftness make it also formidable in sea battles if captained by a worthy seaman.
SPD Longship 2 Cannons Rowable or sailable Seats 8 Passengers 24 HP The closest into the wind you can sail in this ship is 40 degrees.
Sailing: East Wind Angle: -47deg Sail Angle: 24 deg Sheet Angle: 24 deg Wind Speed: 5.67 m/s Ground Speed: 4.88 m/s
The schooner is a type of sailing vessel characterized by the use of fore-and-aft sails on two or more masts with the forward mast being shorter or the same height as the rear masts. Schooners were first used by the Dutch in the 16th or 17th century, and further developed in North America from the early 18th century onwards. Used as Blockade-runners they were typically the fastest ships available, and often lightly armed and armoured. Although having modus operandi similar to that of smugglers, schooners were often operated by state's navies as part of the regular fleet.
TSS Schooner
The TSS Schooner is a small ship for fast and sudden strikes; with its bow cannons it can shoot a target from a distance. 8 Cannons
25 Hit points (9 Armor, 16 Structure)
Iron angels is 39
SAMPLED SAILING STATS:
Sailing: Southwest
Wind Angle: 42deg
Sail Angle: -20deg
Sail Offset: -1deg
Wind Speed: 4.86 m/s
Ground Speed: 8.21 m/s
A brig is a vessel with two square-rigged masts. During the Age of Sail, brigs were seen as fast and maneuverable and were used as both naval war ships and merchant ships. They were especially popular in the 18th and early 19th centuries.
TSS Brigg
10 Cannons
25 Hit points (10 Armor, 15 Structure)
All over lenght 27 meters
2 Iron angels, 40 with squares lowerd and 44 with squares raised
On a Brigg the square sails are used to be faster on aft winds and they are lowered when sailing close to the wind. So it is best to lower the sails when the windangel is below +-90 and raise when its over +-90.
SAMPLED SAILING STATS:
Sailing: West
Wind Angle 120 deg
Sail Angle -57 deg
Sail Offset -3 deg
Wind Speed 6.18 m/s
Ground Speed 7.83 m/s
Sailing: East
Wind Angle: -60 deg
Sail Angle: 29 deg
Sail Offset: -1 deg
Wind speed: 4.96 m/s
Ground Speed: 6.16 m/s
