"Friend or Foe: Identifying Ships in the Age of Fighting Sail" Topic
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| Tango01 | 20 Feb 2026 4:48 p.m. PST |
"In naval historical fiction set during the Age of Sail, the difficulties of identifying ships at sea are typically nonexistent or glossed over. For instance, in C. S. Forester's brilliant novel Ship of the Line, one of the critical events in the life of Captain Horatio Hornblower results from the identification of a ship and her signals. In the autumn of 1810, Hornblower's 74-gun ship-of-the-line Sutherland is patrolling Rosas Bay, off the southern coast of Spain, when the masthead lookout spots a sail, "right in the wind's eye, sir, an' comin' up fast." Coming from the direction of the wind, the stranger's pennant and any signal flags would be streaming directly at the Sutherland. The lookout soon identifies the ship as a frigate, and "British by the look of her."…" link
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paints his first three ships from the starter set.
