Perseverance-class frigate: Difference between revisions

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The design Hunt came up with was the ''Perseverance''-class frigate.{{sfnp|Winfield|2007|p=972}} This was a slightly shortened equivalent of the ''Minerva'' class.{{sfnp|Winfield|2014|p=126}} The class was very similar in design to the ''Flora'' class despite the intentions for the two to be evaluated against each other, however the ''Perseverance'' design was sharper than ''Flora''.{{sfnp|Winfield|2007|p=972}}{{sfnp|Wareham|1999|p=19}} One of the most noticeable differences between the two classes was that the ''Perseverance'' class had slightly longer rails on their [[quarterdeck]]s.{{sfnp|Gardiner|1992|p=17}} Both thirty-six gun ship classes were built quite heavily and were known to be very robust in their construction, most likely because the designers had erred on the side of caution when drawing up the new ships.{{sfnp|Gardiner|1992|p=20}}

As well as this the ships would go on to be thought of very favourably in combat, because even when victualled for long journeys they provided a large amount of [[freeboard]] with which to keep guns in use. As well as this, the guns themselves were seven feet apart from each other, leavingproviding more operating space than was often found to operate them incommon.{{refn|Despite this the class, along with the other variants designed in the 1780s, were still thought to be too small for their armaments.{{sfnp|Gardiner|1999|p=45}}|group=Note}} These favourable gunnery characteristics came at a cost to the class's speed, however, but they made up for this by retaining a high level of manoeuvrability and were very [[Glossary of nautical terms#weatherly|weatherly]].{{sfnp|Gardiner|1992|p=20}}

====Construction and armament====