Warship (sail)/Related Articles: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 14:08, 22 August 2010

Warship [r]: A ship designed to employ weapons and sensors in direct naval warfare ^[e]
Sailing [r]: Craft propulsion by means of the wind acting upon a hoisted sail. ^[e]

Ship of the line [r]: A major sailing warship, intended to fight in fleet actions (i.e., in line of battle) ^[e]
Frigate (sail) [r]: A fast, moderately heavily gunned sailing warship, with enough firepower to overcome slower vessels and enough speed to outrun more powerful ships; used on independent operations and scouting; cf. cruiser ^[e]
Sloop-of-war [r]: A light sailing warship, with a single gun deck and light cannon, typically used for patrols and scouting where contact with larger warships was not expected; commanding officer usually a commander (naval) but sometimes a junior captain; WWII sloops were ocean escorts ^[e]

@@ Line 9: / Line 9: @@
 {{r|Frigate (sail)}}
 {{r|Sloop-of-war}}
+===Specific ships===
+{{r|Mary Rose}}
+{{r|Sovereign of the Seas}}
+{{r|HMS Victory (1778)}}
+{{r|HMS Shannon (1808)}}
+{{r|USS Bonne Homme Richard (1766)}}
+{{r|USS Constitution (1797)}}
 ==Other related topics==
-<!-- List topics here that are related to this topic, but neither wholly include it nor are wholly included by it. -->
+{{r|HMS Warrior (1861)}}