All at Sea – Monarca

[carojon]

A look at the Spanish third rates of renown starts with the Montanes class 74-gun ship, Monarca.

Heavily damaged with high casualties at the Battle of Trafalgar, Monarca gained a certain renown for being the first Allied ship to strike her colours in the battle.

If you would like to know more then follow the link to JJ’s

https://jjwargames.blogspot.com/2020/11/all-at-sea-spanish-third-rates-of.html

JJ

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I’m only familiar with posrt-industrial ships, how similar are ships of the same class of that period? Were the mast the same height, same rigging, same deck layout? Or do they only share the same hull dimensions?

[carojon]

Ship classes in the period prior to mass production is a not quite the same meaning as a class of modern ship produced since 19th c industrialisation introduced precise mass production techniques

The French under Sane probably got the closest to producing ships to a standardised model design. Thus with the Montanes  class you have two ships turned out as 80-gunners and two as 74 gunners but the layout was to the same plan based on the length and breadth of the hull which would determine how high the lower gun ports would be above the water and what gun calibre’s could be carried without causing the hull to sag or hog at the bow and stern.

All these ships built in this period were different one to another because they were hand built with various types and condition of wood from different trees and thus have different handling capabilities one to another but a class would be built around a common plan.

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