Actually I think if the Frigate could get withing its optimal combat range, it might have a chance. If they have a full crew on the sails, it should be fairly agile.
New ship just sits upwind from the tall ship and watches it try to tac it's way against the wind to the battle.
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Well yes, but frigates aren’t ships of the line, the sailboat would get hit by multiple over the horizon attacks without knowing they are in the same timezone. As I said on other places if you use your gun as a bat you’d lose a swordfight.
The best use case of course would be using the ships as giant cannonballs and use a massive racket to shoot them at the enemy
Okay but frigates are usually 6th or 5th rate ship of the line tho.
LCS: "Do you have any idea how much damage your ship would do to ours, if we were to ram into you?"
Frigate: "No. How much?"
LCS: "Absolutely none."
(With apologies to Douglas Adams.)
So why did the new one run away as fast as it could? Checkmate defense ministers
it's only hope was to get close enough to board and commandeer the other vessel by armed melee combat like ye old shellbacks like. yarrrrr.
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