"Sails of Glory ship names?" Topic

Are the ships available named after historical vessels? If so from what source are they derived?

Thanks.

1. Yes. 2. I don't get the question, sorry – there are a huge array of books on the subject, and you can almost certainly find info online by just typing the ship's name and date into Google.

Each ship model has reversible templates & stat cards, so that each is really named after two historical ships (though they are "marketed" as one to keep things simpler).

For instance, the '74 HMS Defence" is also the "HMS Vanguard". Well, I forget which it is sold as. I just had that one to hand.

Plus you also have the war prizes where ships went back and forth between navies to further complicate things…

Yes, the ships are actual ships. Example: The 74 HMS Defence is similar to Bellona, which served as the prototype for a large number of RN 74s (not exact copies, but quite close in size and layout). Not sure if Ares has done a French 74 (haven't cared to look that closely), but if they did it right, then they should have done a Temeraire class 74. That would cover every 74 the French built from the 1790s forward (the French built or had building some 100+ Temeraire class 74s during the period).

Can find a list of every SOL ever built by nation in Wiki.

Dan

You can find SOME of the SoLs on the internet, but by no means all. And some of the lists massively contradict each other. About the only navies that you can find comprehensive data on are the RN (through Rif Winfield's excellent books), the USN (Canney and Silverstone cover it very well) and Russia (a new book that released a couple of years ago gives excellent coverage). In english, there is still no good source for the French, Spanish and the minor nations.

If you want to find historical prototypes just look here
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There is data on the entire RN (bar the odd colonial schooner or two), and most of the continental navy vessels as well.

Cy

Here's a source for Spanish SOLs. Easy enough to decipher, even for non-Spanish speakers. I'm sure there is the equivalent for the French out there; I use books instead.

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MH