Rating: Sloop (Brig-rigged) Armament: Min. 10 Guns Max. 14 Guns Gundecks: 1 Design: 10 Guns Gundeck: 10 x 04-Pounder Guns Forecastle/Quaterdeck: 12 x 1/2-Pounder Svivelguns Complement: 100 Deplyment: Light escort service, merchant raiding
Rating: Sloop (schooner-rigged) Armament: Min. 04 GunsMax. 14 Guns Gundecks: 1 Design: 06 Guns 1) Gundeck: 06 x 03-Pounder Guns Forecastle/Quaterdeck: 08/12 x 1/2-Pounder Svivel-Guns Complement: 30 Deplyment: Light parol service, merchant raiding 1) Occasionally, the Navy purchased civilian ships … Read More
Rating: Sloop (Squarerigged cutter)1) / Armed Cutter Armament: Min. 00 GunsMax. 16 Guns Gundecks: 1 Design: 12 Guns 2) Upper Gundeck: 12 x 3-Pounder Guns Forecastle/Quaterdeck: 14 x 1/2–Pounder svivel-Guns Complement: 50 – 60 Deplyment: Light Parol Service, merchant raiding, … Read More
Rating: Ship(rigged) Sloop, Corvette (Continental) Armament: Min. 14 GunsMax. 18 Guns Gundecks: 1 Design: 18 Guns Gundeck: 18 x 06-Pounder Guns Forecastle/Quaterdeck: 4/12 x 1/2-Pounder-Svivelguns Complement: 125 Deployment: Light escort service, merchant raiding Full-rigged ships were also classified as sloops … Read More