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HMS Britannia

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HMS Britannia, a british brig patrolling the Atlantic seas.

THIS IS AN HISTORICAL RECREATION

For those who are not familiar with brigs (from Wikipedia):

A brig is a sailing vessel with two square-rigged masts. During the Age of Sail, brigs were seen as fast and manoeuvrable and were used as both naval warships and merchant vessels. They were especially popular in the 18th and early 19th centuries. Brigs fell out of use with the arrival of the steam ship because they required a relatively large crew for their small size and were difficult to sail into the wind. In the narrow technical field of sailing rigs, a brig is distinct from a three-masted ship by virtue of only having two masts.

The only inaccuracy to the brig design is the number of guns. I used 6 and it should have 10. In later ships I will pay attention to the gun number.

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Frank Brick Wright

June 19, 2011

Quoting Sebeus I Very nice, I'm a fan of brigs, small but fast, the sail plan worked out very well, good job and welcome to Kings of the Sea

Thank you! I will start working on a new ship (this time a Caravel)!

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Frank Brick Wright

June 19, 2011

Quoting morthen poulsen cute little ship, erm brig... im not a big fan of brigs, because they are so "flat" for they have no top cabin. but its nice anyways, and welcome to the kings of sea

Well, I am not properly an experience ship builder (this was my first). Also, I do not swim in a sea of pieces and the only ship I bought was Imperial Flagship. So, why not brigs? Nice, fast and easy to build, without the problem of the captain cabin... ;)

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Parrington Levens

June 19, 2011

Those were the days!

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Jack Riveorput

June 19, 2011

Nice

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Chris Roach

June 18, 2011

wow lots of great ships posted today makes me think I better finish off my very old WIP pirate ship sometime soon!

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morthen poulsen

June 18, 2011

cute little ship, erm brig... im not a big fan of brigs, because they are so "flat" for they have no top cabin. but its nice anyways, and welcome to the kings of sea

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Sebeus I

June 18, 2011

Very nice, I'm a fan of brigs, small but fast, the sail plan worked out very well, good job and welcome to Kings of the Sea

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