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ADMIRALTY
FIGHTING SAIL WARFARE: 1750 - 1815
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Key and Formulas for Ship Values
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Ship Values
The outlines and ship values shown below supply
a reference for .
Rating: The total number of guns for which the
ship is rated. The "74" is the most common.
Name: The name of a
specific ship or ships, with the name ship of the class shown in
bold.
Gun Dice: For most ships this will be a three number sequence,
like 244, or 609. Each number in a sequence is treated separately. So a 609
does not mean six-hundred and nine, it means six, zero,
nine. The first number is the quantity of light gun dice available for
each side of that ship. The second number is the quantity of medium gun dice
available for each side of that ship. The third value is the quantity of heavy
gun dice available for each side of that ship. Sometimes there may be a "+" and
a fourth number which appear after the last heavy gun value. That fourth number
indicates the quantity of carronades for each side (carronades are like giant
shotguns). The carronades count as heavy guns, but may only be added into the
heavy gun dice total for use in the close range bracket. Note than many ships
for this time underwent modification in which they had light or medium guns
removed to make room for carronades. Below is the formula used to calculate gun
dice levels:
| Type
(Size) |
Rating |
Modifier |
| 42 |
Heavy |
x1.1 |
| 36 |
Heavy |
x1.2 |
| 32 |
Heavy |
x1.3 |
| 24 |
Heavy |
x1.0 |
| 18 |
Medium |
x1.0 |
| 12 |
Light |
x1.0 |
| 8 or 9 |
Light |
x0.8 |
| 6 |
Light |
x0.5 |
| 3 or 4 |
Light |
x0.3 |
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| Carronades |
| 64 |
Heavy |
x4.0 |
| 42 |
Heavy |
x2.0 |
| 36 |
Heavy |
x1.5 |
| 32 |
Heavy |
x1.3 |
| 24 |
Heavy |
x1.0 |
| 18 |
Heavy |
x0.8 |
| 12 |
Heavy |
x0.4 |
| Halve the total quantity of each gun type
present, multiply that value by the modifier above and then divide by four.
Total the numbers for each rating to arrive at the final value for that rating.
Note that some vessels may (for example) have two sizes of heavy guns, or two
sizes of light guns. Calculate each separately and then total them, using
normal rounding rules to arrive at the final number. Make this calculation for
each of the light, medium and heavy categories. Obviously vessels with no guns
of a certain size will have a "0" for that rating. |
Hull: One of three strength
values will be shown: Weak, Regular and Stout. Reflects the ability of a ship's
hull to withstand shock.
Size: A system of numbers from ½ to 4
representing the overall size of the ship. Generally reflects the number of gun
decks for that design.
Speed: Indicates which of the four major speed
profiles to use on the combat chart: Big Slow, Big Fast, Small Slow and Small
Fast are mostly self explanatory. Big Slow indicates a large ship that is slow
for its size, either because of design or need for dry-dock work. Big Fast
indicates a large ship that is fast for its size, again, either by design or
because it has a clean, freshly coppered hull (or some combination of both).
The same general idea applies to the small ship category.
Notes:
Additional notes, usually relating to changes made during the vessel's
service.
Era: AWI = American War for Independence, FR = French
Revolution, N = Napoleonic (including War of 1812, etc.).
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