so I was playing the game : naval action, and it's one of my favourite games on steam

with the most hour count, however when I look into the ships section I look through all
the rates 7th, 6th, and 5th are filled up with numerous ships, look at 4th rate and plop, it
decreases massively to 5 ships and gets worse on as 3rd rate has 2 ships and 2nd rates
have 2 ships as well and picks up to 3 1st rates in total. Many people will say 'ADD
MORE SHIPS' but I can give you a variety and I thought of modifications you could
make to other ships. Mainly to the 4th-1st rates SOME ARE WHAT I WOULD LIKE
OR KNOW ABOUT OTHERS ARE ONES THAT INTEREST ME BUT I DONT
KNOW MUCH ABOUT.

7th rates:

'the heavy pickle'

so we all know that the heavy rattlesnake is a fictional ship based on the real ship:
rattlesnake and I was thinking if maybe you could improve a ship called: the pickle, not
too much just a little, if you look at all 7th rates they all have 2 gun ports at the stern of
the vessel, and the pickle has those and an additional 2 separated between both sides so
1 more on each side, the pickle to me is a very unique ship and if you made something
another fictional vessel e.g 'the heavy pickle' you could put cannons in the rear and add
1 more cannon to each side of the ship by decreasing the width of the bow sprite holder
thingy then it could work really well and be the transition ship between 7th and 6th
rates.

basic outline for the 'heavy pickle'

guns: 16, 7 port guns, 7 starboard guns, 2 stern cannons

speed (average): 11-12.5

health: 2400 side, 600 bow 400 stern# (weak)

crew: 70

structure on sides: normal , small curve (can't bounce shots off)

5th rates:

now I know that this isn't an actual sip but a class called: race - built galleons basically
what the black pearl is: a fast and very manoeuvrable ship : especially with the wind,
but it only has 14 - 20 cannons, 12-18 pd, per side and a few with the bow and stern
chasers. its key advantage was its speed, they were ridiculously fast any where from 45
degrees in with the wind (faster than a surp or a renomee and even a lynx when with the
wind.)
 Spanish galleons: this picture basically shows what they look like quite small and
unique holding a good calibre of guns.

I have a completely made up ship here but I found it and it looks awesome, maybe you
could give it to the players as a present for Halloween here is pic

4th rates:

'the flying Dutchman'

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the flying Dutchman is a real ship and was captained by Davy Jones, it was a man'o'war
with 32 guns a broadside, I cant find any good information that doesn't involve pirates
of the Caribbean or a short clip that doesn't help, so its up to the developers to include
this one, and make it up, try to keep it as close to the real ship if u can find a drawing of
it or a model but if you cant make it realistic, a ship that was a pirate ship and fast and
big.

'The Mary Rose'

probably one of the most infamous ships in great Britain's history, a beautiful
powerhouse and a masterpiece, holding up to 600 men, 90odd guns and a neat shaped
hull. however, it could hold heavy guns of her time, however because in the 1500-1600
the cannons were weak compared the much newer ships so one of the 2 things can
happen: equip her with weak guns, like 12pd or 9pd cannons and make her the superior
5th rate over the trinc or the endy, or equip her with 24pd and 18pd cannons and make
her a 4th or 3rd rate to add to the collection.

basic outline for 'the mary rose'

guns: 90 43 starboard guns, 43 port guns 2 bow and stern chasers

speed (average) 7-9.25

health: 5500 side, 2000 bow, 1400 stern (strong stern)

crew: 450-600

structure on sides: outstanding, strong curve (60% of shots bounce)

3rd rates:

a Dutch warship called the 'William Rex': link to ship model

: https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/NG-MC-651

2nd rates:

The hms prince here look ok for a 2nd rate, it has a neat layout, although this picture is
tight fitting to see the whole thing:

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1st rates:

Sovereign of the seas: I don't know much about this one apart from that it is a beauty, an
exceptional ship with 4 decks, I have a link to the
model:http://modelshipbuilder.la.coocan.jp/sovereign2m.htm

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FINAL COMMENTS:

I know that this is a big ask, but you developers have been amazing at everything and I
want to give you a huge round of applause for getting this game out there and managing
to work a game of this scale, there is just a few more thing I would like from this game:

1: build your own ship, I feel that this would be extremely complicated to add and I
don't mind if it is not added at all, if you do, I will be amazed and I will have so much
more fun than I already am having playing this game

2: animations, animations are hard but there are a link of 2 that I would like to see in
later developments, you can use the keys O and P or another set for this, first O
opens/closes the gun ports if the cannons are not now and P rolls out or rolls in the
cannons you can use U or another key to set it like when firing cannons to fire from
front back or random it will open the cannons from front back etc. and the second one is
that you see the crew actually doing things, like when boarding the crew jump onto
enemy ships and firing muskets and waiting for orders to fire and see them reloading,
and have the full amount of crew showing, this animation can be turned on or off in
settings as well for less compatible computers.

3: When I fire into the hull of an enemy ship, I like the fact that I see some splintered
wood but I would like it if the wood actually collapsed and you saw holes in the ship,
and if there is glass it gets smashed and you can here all the sounds if nearby or
controlling the ship, like when stern raking all the glass goes flying and you see cannons
getting ripped up and stuff like that.

4: explosions: when a ship explodes, it should be dramatic and devastating, in naval

action: masts fall of and a little flame shoots up. Bummer if you were really hyped like I
was. I would love it if the ship got torn in half, cannons flying everywhere and
explosions and fire raining down, waves ripple like crazy and affect your ship like they
would, and it sinking dramatically and fast, because if a ship explodes you would not be
able to loot it I'm afraid, you wouldn't get there, or if u did u r dead.

5: and finally one more thing: remember the Mary rose? she turned so fast that she over
turned and sank!! I've seen ships fire one broadside at me and then 10 seconds later they
fire an second from the other side, please as a small tester, ass that if you turn to fast
you start heeling, and you have 5 seconds to pull out of the heel and if its to late then
you will start to capsize, this would be nice so people can stop spamming me with fire
from surprises and renomees and specially 7th rates, it would help some gameplay,
especially those who have bad manoeuvrability and I don't mind if not applied to small
ships but please add it to larger ships like some 7th rates and 5+rates

IN COMMENTS DOWN BELOW SAY WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN

GAME: OPTIONS HERE:

SHIPS:

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The heavy pickle

the Mary rose

The race built galleon class

Spanish galleons

The ship for a Halloween present from the amazing developers

the flying Dutchman

the Mary rose

William rex

Hms prince

sovereign of the seas

IMPROVEMENTS:

Build your own ship

Cannon Animations

Crew Animations

Damage hole thing in the side of a ship and smashing glass and destroyed cannons
visble

Better Explosions (more realistic)(and dramatic)

Heeling consequence from turning to fast.

Thanks for reading put down below what you want.

1.1 History

Nuestra Senora de la Santisima Trinidad was a Spanish first-rate ship of the line of
112 guns, which was increased in 1795–96 to 130 guns by closing in the spar
deck between the quarterdeck and forecastle, and around 1802 to 140 guns, thus
creating what was in effect a continuous fourth gundeck although the extra guns added

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were actually relatively small. She was the heaviest-armed ship in the world when
rebuilt, and bore the most guns of any ship of the line outfitted in the Age of Sail.

In July 1779, Spain declared war on Great Britain, joining France in support of the
American colonists in the American War of Independence. Santísima Trinidad became
the flagship of the Spanish fleet, taking part in the Franco-Spanish operations in
the English Channel in the late summer of that year.

In August 1780 she took part in the capture of 55 ships from a British convoy of 63,
escorted by the ship of the line HMS Ramillies and three frigates. In 1782 she was
incorporated into the Mediterranean Squadron, participating in the second siege of
Gibraltar and she fought in the brief and indecisive Battle of Cape Spartel. In 1795, she
was modified by the addition of extra 8-pounder guns on a new deck between
herforecastle and quarterdeck.

Infante don Pelayo going to rescue Santisima Trinidad at Battle of Cape St Vincent on
14 February 1797

In 1797, she was the flagship of Teniente General José de Córdoba y Ramos,
the Spanish commander, at Battle of Cape St Vincent on 14 February 1797, where she
was badly damaged and nearly captured by the British fleet. She was first in action with
the British ship Captain (74), commanded by Commodore Nelson, and Culloden (74).
She was then attacked by the Blenheim (90), Orion (74), Irresistible (74)
andExcellent (74). By now she was severely damaged, having lost all her masts and
with half of her crew killed or wounded. She struck her colours, but the British failed to
take possession and she was saved by the Infante don Pelayo (74) and Príncipe de
Asturias (112). Several days later, Santísima Trinidad was spotted, still damaged,
making her way back to Spain, and engaged by the 32-gun
frigate HMS Terpsichoreunder Captain Richard Bowen, but she escaped. She
eventually returned to Cadiz for repairs.

Eight years later, commanded by Francisco Javier Uriarte and the flagship of Rear
Admiral Baltasar Hidalgo de Cisneros, she took part in the Battle of Trafalgar on
October 21, 1805, as part of the combined Franco-Spanish fleet. Due to her great bulk,
her helm was unresponsive in the light winds of the day, contributing to her ineffective
service in the combined fleet's cause. Her great size and position immediately ahead of
the fleet flagship Bucentaure made her a target for the British fleet, and she came under
concentrated attack by several ships. She lost her mast and eventually surrendered to
the Neptune, a 98-gun second rate commanded by Captain Thomas Fremantle. She was
taken in tow by the 98-gun second rate Prince, but sank in a storm the day after the
battle, having been scuttled by her British captors.

It's believed that her wreck was found by coincidence during testing of a new sidescan
sonar of the Spanish Navy, in 2009

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1.2 How to get Crafting recipe

You can get the crafting recipe of the Santisima as random drops from crafting the
Victory, St. Pavel or breaking up Santisimas, however breaking up Santisimas is not
recommended as she is an expensive ship to produce. (outdated, currently 1 victory
marks from Admiralty)

1.3 History

L’Océan was a 118-gun first rate ship of the line in the French navy and was lead ship
of the Ocean class of first rates. She was ordered as États de Bourgogne and was
launched at Brest in 1790. Like many French ships of the line during the Revolutionary
period, she was renamed several times, becoming Côte d'Or in January 1793, Montagne
in October 1793, Peuple on 17th May 1795, and a matter of weeks later again renamed,
to Océan. She served until 1855. As the largest ship of the line in the Brest fleet, the
ship spent much of her early career as the fleet flagship. As Montagne, the ship was the
flagship of Rear-Admiral Villaret-Joyeuse in the Combat de Prairial (known in English
literature as the Glorious First of June) in 1794. She was badly damaged by HMS Royal
Sovereign, losing 313 men and receiving 233 round shots in her hull. On 17th May
1795, she was renamed Peuple, a month later, on 23rd June she fought in the Battle of
Groix as Villaret's flagship. Returning to Lorient three days later, she was renamed to
Océan. She was refitted in Brest in 1797 and in 1801 she once again served as Villaret's
flagship, ferrying troops of Leclerc's expedition to Saint-Domingue. Océan was
Allemand's flagship at the Battle of the Basque Roads. Finally she was decommissioned
on 2nd August 1850, and used as a floating artillery battery from May 1851 until being
broken up in 1856.

1.4 History

In December 1758, the commissioner of Chatham Dockyard was instructed to prepare

a dry dock for the construction of a new first-rate ship.This was an unusual occurrence
at the time, as the Royal Navy preferred smaller and more manoeuvrable ships, and it
was unusual for more than two to be in commission simultaneously; during the whole of
the 18th century, only ten were constructed. Then Prime Minister Pitt the Elder placed
the order for Victory on 13 December 1758, along with 11 other ships.

The outline plans were based on HMS Royal George which had been launched at
Woolwich Dockyard in 1756, and the naval architect chosen to design the ship was Sir
Thomas Slade who, at the time, was the appointed Surveyor of the Navy. She was
designed to carry at least 100 guns and was established with that number of guns; in
practice, her armament varied from 104 to 106 guns and carronades. In January 1808,
the Victory was reduced to a 98-gun second rate, but was reclassed as a 104-gun first
rate in February 1817.

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The keel was laid on 23 July 1759 in the Old Single Dock (since renamed No. 2 Dock
and now Victory Dock), and the name was finally chosen in October 1760. In 1759, the
Seven Years' War was going well for Britain; land victories had been won at Quebec
and Minden and naval battles had been won at Lagos and Quiberon Bay. It was the
Annus Mirabilis, or Year of Miracles (or Wonders), and the ship's name may have been
chosen to commemorate the victories or it may have been chosen simply because out of
the seven names shortlisted, Victory was the only one not in use. There were some
doubts whether this was a suitable name since the previous first-rate Victory had been
lost with all on board in 1744.

Once the frame had been built, it was normal to cover the ship up and leave it for
several months to season but the end of the Seven Years' War meant that she remained
in this condition for nearly three years, which helped her subsequent longevity. Work
restarted in autumn 1763 and she was finally launched on 7 May 1765, having cost
£63,176 and 3 shillings, the equivalent of £7.79 million today. Around 6000 trees were
used in her construction, of which 90% were oak and the remainder elm, pine and fir,
together with a small quantity of Lignum Vitae.

1.4.1 First battle of Ushant

The first battle of Ushant (1778) by Theodore Gudin. Admiral Keppel was later court
martialed for allowing the French fleet to escape but was acquitted.

Keppel put to sea from Spithead on 9 July 1778 with a force of around twenty-
nine ships of the line and, on 23 July, sighted a French fleet of roughly equal force
100 miles (160 km) west ofUshant. The French admiral, Louis Guillouet, comte
d'Orvilliers, who had orders to avoid battle, was cut off from Brest, but retained
the weather gage. Maneuvering was made difficult by changing winds and driving rain,
but eventually a battle became inevitable, with the British more or less in column and
the French in some confusion. However, the French managed to pass along the British
line with their most advanced ships. At about a quarter to twelve, Victory opened fire on
the Bretagne of 110 guns, which was being followed by the Ville de Paris of 90
guns. The British van escaped with little loss, but Sir Hugh Palliser's rear division
suffered considerably. Keppel made the signal to follow the French, but Palliser did not
conform and the action was not resumed. Keppel was court martialled and cleared and
Palliser criticised by an inquiry before the affair turned into a political argument.

1.4.2 Second battle of Ushant

In March 1780, Victory's hull was sheathed with 3,923 sheets of copper below the
waterline to protect it against shipworm. On 2 December 1781, the ship, now
commanded by Captain Henry Cromwell and bearing the flag of Rear Admiral Richard
Kempenfelt, sailed with eleven other ships of the line, a 50-gun fourth-rate, and
five frigates, to intercept a French convoy that had sailed from Brest on 10 December.
Not knowing that the convoy was protected by twenty-one ships of the line under the
command of Luc Urbain de Bouexic, comte de Guichen, Kempenfelt ordered a chase
when they were sighted on 12 December and began the battle. When he noted the

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French superiority, he contented himself with capturing fifteen sail of the convoy. The
French were dispersed in a gale and forced to return home.

1.4.3 Siege of Gibraltar

In October 1782, Victory under Admiral Richard Howe was the fleet flagship of a
powerful escort flotilla for a convoy of transports which resupplied Gibraltar in the face
of a blockade by the French and Spanish navies. No resistance was encountered on
entering the straits and the supplies were successfully unloaded. There was a minor
engagement at the time of departure, in which Victory did not fire a shot. The British
ships were under orders to return home and did so without major incident.

1.4.4 Battle of Cape St Vincent

In 1796, Captain Robert Calder (First Captain) and Captain George Grey (Second
Captain), commanded Victory under Admiral Sir John Jervis's flag. By the end of 1796,
the British position in the Mediterranean had become untenable. Jervis had stationed his
fleet off Cape St Vincent to prevent the Spanish sailing north, whilst Horatio Nelson
was to oversee the evacuation of Elba. Once the evacuation had been accomplished,
Nelson, in HMS Minerve, sailed for Gibraltar. On learning that the Spanish fleet had
passed by some days previous, Nelson left to rendezvous with Jervis on 11 February.
The Spanish fleet, which had been blown off course by easterly gales, was that night
working its way to Cadiz. The darkness and a dense fog meant Nelson was able to pass
through the enemy fleet without being spotted and join Jervis on 13 February. Jervis,
whose fleet had been reinforced on 5 February by five ships from Britain under Rear-
Admiral William Parker, now had 15 ships of the line. The following morning, having
drawn up his fleet into two columns, Jervis impressed upon the officers on Victory's
quarterdeck how, "A victory to England is very essential at the moment". Jervis was not
aware of the size of the fleet he was facing, but at around 0630 hrs, received word that
five Spanish battleships were to the south-east. By 0900 hrs. the first enemy ships were
visible from Victory's masthead, and at 1100 hrs, Jervis gave the order to form line of
battle. As the Spanish ships became visible to him, Calder reported the numbers to
Jervis, but when he reached 27, Jervis replied, "Enough Sir. No more of that. The die is
cast and if there are 50 sail, I will go through them". The Spanish were caught by
surprise, sailing in two divisions with a gap that Jervis aimed to exploit. The ship's log
records how Victory halted the Spanish division, raking ships both ahead and astern,
while Jervis' private memoirs recall how the Victory's broadside so terrified the Principe
de Asturias that she "..squared her yards, ran clear out of the battle and did not return".
Jervis, realising that the main bulk of the enemy fleet could now cross astern and
reunite, ordered his ships to change course, but Sir Charles Thompson, leading the rear
division, failed to comply. The following ships were now in a quandary over whether to
obey the Admiral's signal or follow their divisional commander. Nelson, who had
transferred to HMS Captain, was the first to break off and attack the main fleet as Jervis
had wanted and other ships soon followed his example. The British fleet not only
achieved its main objective, that of preventing the Spanish from joining their French
and Dutch allies in the channel, but also captured four ships. The dead and wounded
from these four ships alone amounted to 261 and 342 respectively; more than the total

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number of British casualties of 73 dead and 327 wounded. There was one fatality
aboard Victory; a cannonball narrowly missed Jervis and decapitated a nearby sailor.

1.4.5 Battle of Trafalgar

After learning he was to be removed from command, Villeneuve put to sea on the
morning of 19 October and when the last ship had left port, around noon the following
day, he set sail for the Mediterranean.The British frigates, which had been sent to keep
track of the enemy fleet throughout the night, were spotted at around 1900 hrs and the
order was given to form line of battle. On the morning of 21 October, the main British
fleet, which was out of sight and sailing parallel some 10 miles away, turned to
intercept. Nelson had already made his plans: to break the enemy line some two or three
ships ahead of their commander-in-chief in the centre and achieve victory before the
van could come to their aid. At 0600 hrs, Nelson ordered his fleet into two columns.
Fitful winds made it a slow business, and for more than six hours, the two columns of
British ships slowly approached the French line before Royal Sovereign, leading the lee
column, was able to open fire on Fougueux. Around 30 minutes later, Victory broke the
line between Bucentaure and Redoutable firing a treble shotted broadside into the stern
of the former from a range of a few yards. At a quarter past one, Nelson was shot, the
fatal musket ball entering his left shoulder and lodging in his spine. He died at half past
four. Such killing had taken place on Victory's quarter deck that Redoutable attempted
to board her, but they were thwarted by the arrival of Eliab Harveyin the 98-
gun HMS Temeraire, whose broadside devastated the French ship. Nelson's last order
was for the fleet to anchor, but this was countermanded by Vice Admiral
Collingwood. Victory suffered 57 killed and 102 wounded.

1.5 How to get Crafting recipe

You can get the crafting recipe by a random drop from crafting the Pavel or from the
Bellona; as well obtain one from a random drop from breaking up a Victory.

1.6 Image Gallery

1.7 History

USS Constitution was one of six frigates ordered as result of privateering from the
Barbary pirates, most notably Algiers. USS Constitution was mostly built out of live
oak and she was designed to have extremely heavy planking. The keel was laid down on
the 1st November 1794 in Boston Massachusetts. In March 1796 peace with Algiers
was announced and construction halted as the act that ordered those ships also had in
the terms that if peace with Algiers happened the construction of these ships would halt,
however Washington got Congress to agree to continue to construct three of the ships
nearest to completion of this class of ships, the United States, The Constellation and of
course the Constitution. The launch ceremony of the Constitution was held on 20th
September 1797 and was attended by president John Adams. Upon launch she only slid
about 8.2 meters before stopping, as her weight had caused the ways to settle into the
ground. An attempt two days later got the ship 9.4m of travel. The ways had to be

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rebuilt and after about a month the Constitution was finally launched on 21st October
1797.

War with Britain was declared on 18th June 1812 and Isaac Hull, the commander of the
Constitution at the time, set sail on 12th July attempting to join five ships of a squadron
under command of John Rodgers in the ship President. Hull sighted five ships off Egg
Harbour, New Jersey on 17th July and at first believed them to be Rodger's Squadron.
However the following morning lookouts determined that they were a British squadron
out of Halifax, HMS Aeolus, Africa, Belvidera, Guerriere, and Shannon had sighted the
Constitution and were giving chase. Finding himself becalmed Hull acted on a
suggestion and ordered the crew to put boats over the side to tow the ship out of range,
using kedge anchors to draw the ship forwards and wetting the sails down to take
advantage of every breath of wind. The British soon imitated the tactic and remained in
pursuit. The resulting 57 hour chase in the July heat saw the crew of the Constitution
employ a myriad of methods, finally pumping overboard 2300 US Gallons of drinking
water. Cannon fire was exchanged several times though the British shots fell short or
over their target. On 19th July the Constitution pulled far enough ahead of the British
that they abandoned the pursuit.

On the 18th August a frigate was sighted, HMS Guerriere. Upon entering within range
the Guerriere fired upon the Constitution, doing little damage. After a few exchanges of
cannon fire between the ships Captain Hull manoeuvred into an advantageous position
and brought the constitution within 25 yards of the Guerriere. The Constitution fired a
double loaded broadside of grape and round shot which took out the mizzenmast of the
Guerriere. Guerrieres manoeuvrability decreased and she collided with the Constitution.
The Guerrieres bowspirit became entangled into the rigging of the constitution leaving
only the bow guns capable of firing into the Constitution. Hull's cabin caught fire due to
the shots from the Guerriere however the crew was quickly able to extinguish the fire.
Boarding parties aboard both ships were ordered, but the heavy seas prevented any
boarding from actually happening. At one point, the two ships rotated together
counterclockwise with the Constitution continuing to fire broadsides. When the two
ships pulled apart the force of the bowspirits extraction caused the Guerrieres foremast
to collapse and that brought the mainmast down soon after. Guerriere was now
dismasted, had lost a third of her crew while the Constitution remained largely intact, as
such the Guerriere struck their colours. During the battle many of Guerriers shots
bounced harmlessly off the Constitutions hull, an American sailor reportedly exclaimed
“Huzzah! Her sides are made of iron” and thus, the Constitution gained the nickname
“Old Ironsides”. The Guerriere was badly damaged and burned the day after.

1.8 How to get the Crafting recipe

The Constitution is a default crafting recipe which you get at crafting level 35

1.9 story

The Bucentaure was an 80 gun 3rd rate ship of the line (historically this was her rating,
in the game however she is rated a 2nd rate) of the French navy and she was the lead

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ship of the Tonnant class of ships. On the 6th of November 1804 Vice-Admirale
Villeneuve hoisted his flag on the Bucentaure. The Bucentaure hosted the Franco-
Spanish war council while sheltered from the British fleet at Cadiz. The boat was to
remain in safe waters (this decision was later overruled by Villeneuve). During the
council Spanish general Escano complained that the atmospheric pressure was
descending (a sign of an approaching storm). French Vice-Admiral Magon famously
reported “the thing descending here is braveness”. This offended Admiral Gravina and
other Spanish officers who did not oppose later the imprudent order of taking to sea. At
the Battle of Trafalgar on the 21st of October 1805 she was commanded by Captain
Jean-Jacques Magendie and she was the flagship of the Franco-Spanish fleet. The
British flagship, the Victory broke through the Franco-Spanish line just astern of the
Bucentaure and just ahead of the Redoutable. Victory raked the Bucentaure and the
vessel lost 197 men and 85 were wounded (including the captain), Admiral Villeneuve
however survived. The racking did however effectively put the Bucentaure out of the
fight and after three hours of fighting she struck her colours and surrendered to Captain
James Atcherly of the Marines from HMS Conqueror. Villeneuve supposedly asked
whom he was surrendering to, on being told it was Captain Pellew, he replied “there is
no shame in surrendering to the gallant Sir Edward Pellew”. When he was informed the
Conqueror’s captain was Sir Edward's brother, Israel Pellew, he said “England is
fortunate to have two such brothers”

In the following days Bucentaure's crew rose up against the British prize crew and
recaptured the ship, however the ship was wrecked in the gale-force storm of the 23rd of
October 1805.

1.10 How to get Crafting recipe

You can get the crafting recipe by either crafting the following ships: 3rd Rate, Bellona,
St. Pavel, Ingermanland. You can also break up Bucentaur

The Pavel is a fast ship for her size and can in some cases even catch up to frigates,
however she suffers from relatively poor maneuverability and high crew count(which
depending on rank and what you use the ship for, can be either a negative or a positive),
the lack of bow chasers also is bit of a problem for chases. The armament of the Pavel is
also a strange one with her gun deck and quarter castle having 6pd cannons, which
against other ships of the line will simply not penetrate thus being useless against ships
of the line and some think of it as a waste of crew, however versus a 3rd Rate the 42pd
on her bottom gun deck and the 24pd on the middle gun deck more than make up for it.

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1.11 History

Built as a ship of the line at Nikolaev, Ukraine by the shipbuilders I. Afanasiev and I.
Sokolov in 1794, for the Russian Imperial Navy. she was launched under the name
SVYATOY PAVEL, (Saint Paul).

The pavel was the flag ship of Vice Admiral Fyodor F. Ushakov(1744-1817), based in
the black sea. When in 1798 Russia and Turkey became allies, the russian Black Sea
Fleet was allowed to pass the bosporus into the mediteranean. During the Period of
1798 and 1799 Ushakov and the pavel took part in various blockades and attacked
french occopied forts and cities with their new Turkish allies, in 1799 Ushakov was also
going to attack and command the attack on malta with nelson, but the attack never came
and the fleet was sent back to the Black Sea.

1.12 How to get Crafting recipe

1.13 History
The Bucentaure was an 80 gun 3rd rate ship of the line (historically this was her rating,
in the game however she is rated a 2nd rate) of the French navy and she was the lead
ship of the Tonnant class of ships. On the 6th of November 1804 Vice-Admirale
Villeneuve hoisted his flag on the Bucentaure. The Bucentaure hosted the Franco-
Spanish war council while sheltered from the British fleet at Cadiz. The boat was to
remain in safe waters (this decision was later overruled by Villeneuve). During the
council Spanish general Escano complained that the atmospheric pressure was
descending (a sign of an approaching storm). French Vice-Admiral Magon famously
reported “the thing descending here is braveness”. This offended Admiral Gravina and
other Spanish officers who did not oppose later the imprudent order of taking to sea. At
the Battle of Trafalgar on the 21st of October 1805 she was commanded by Captain
Jean-Jacques Magendie and she was the flagship of the Franco-Spanish fleet. The
British flagship, the Victory broke through the Franco-Spanish line just astern of the
Bucentaure and just ahead of the Redoutable. Victory raked the Bucentaure and the
vessel lost 197 men and 85 were wounded (including the captain), Admiral Villeneuve
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fight and after three hours of fighting she struck her colours and surrendered to Captain
James Atcherly of the Marines from HMS Conqueror. Villeneuve supposedly asked
whom he was surrendering to, on being told it was Captain Pellew, he replied “there is
no shame in surrendering to the gallant Sir Edward Pellew”. When he was informed the
Conqueror’s captain was Sir Edward's brother, Israel Pellew, he said “England is
fortunate to have two such brothers”

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