Question of the Day?
Hi Stephen, Doug and Edw. Greetings to all ship modelers on this forum.
I want to appeal to the Court of Appeal! Ahahahaha.
Joke!
The question turned into an excellent discussion point on a topic that we love very much: ships and naval history.
So thank you Stephen.
You will certainly have more sources with which to compare these statements of mine.
There are two topics:
Did Frigates exist in the 18th century?
Was Blackbeard's (Edward Teach) flagship a frigate?
The first question is the one I care about most.
The type of ship called a frigate certainly existed in the 18th and 19th centuries.
In that period almost all war navies, and certainly the most powerful ones, such as the British and French, had double or triple-deck vessels for line deployment.
The frigates did not participate in the line deployment for many reasons. They were wasted for a line deployment, having only one bridge, being less armed and being less protected.
Furthermore, their agility and speed would not have been exploited online.
However, they were very important warships and part of the official lists and deployments.
Even though they had only one deck, they had a strong armament, inferior only to ships of the line.
They were excellent for escort, warning, reconnaissance etc. duties. etc.
Suitable for operating alone or in support of larger ships.
The term frigate disappeared for a long period (certainly absent in the First and Second World Wars) but reappeared in recent times.
This answer indicated in the photo must therefore certainly be eliminated, otherwise we will make bad disclosure.
The second issue is that Blackbeard commanded sloops of war before the Concorde and after its capture he had other sloops of war available in his fleet, but Edward Teach's flagship is the Queen's Anne Revenge. Unequivocally.
She is launched in Bristol as Concorde, she is captured by the French and then captured again by the English thanks to Blackbeard.
It would be interesting to consult the official archives of the English and/or French navy to see how she was registered. A job for professional historians out of our reach.
I want to appeal to the Court of Appeal! Ahahahaha.
Joke!
The question turned into an excellent discussion point on a topic that we love very much: ships and naval history.
So thank you Stephen.
You will certainly have more sources with which to compare these statements of mine.
There are two topics:
Did Frigates exist in the 18th century?
Was Blackbeard's (Edward Teach) flagship a frigate?
The first question is the one I care about most.
The type of ship called a frigate certainly existed in the 18th and 19th centuries.
In that period almost all war navies, and certainly the most powerful ones, such as the British and French, had double or triple-deck vessels for line deployment.
The frigates did not participate in the line deployment for many reasons. They were wasted for a line deployment, having only one bridge, being less armed and being less protected.
Furthermore, their agility and speed would not have been exploited online.
However, they were very important warships and part of the official lists and deployments.
Even though they had only one deck, they had a strong armament, inferior only to ships of the line.
They were excellent for escort, warning, reconnaissance etc. duties. etc.
Suitable for operating alone or in support of larger ships.
The term frigate disappeared for a long period (certainly absent in the First and Second World Wars) but reappeared in recent times.
This answer indicated in the photo must therefore certainly be eliminated, otherwise we will make bad disclosure.
The second issue is that Blackbeard commanded sloops of war before the Concorde and after its capture he had other sloops of war available in his fleet, but Edward Teach's flagship is the Queen's Anne Revenge. Unequivocally.
She is launched in Bristol as Concorde, she is captured by the French and then captured again by the English thanks to Blackbeard.
It would be interesting to consult the official archives of the English and/or French navy to see how she was registered. A job for professional historians out of our reach.