I have been trying to gather the necessary data for Munrox to create new scenarios, but so far I come up frustratingly short. I thought some of my fellow captains with access to better libraries or superior google skills might be able to help fill in the blanks.
Ideally Munrox needs the following to create a scenario:
- name of each ship, class and armament. Number of guns and calibre on each deck, …
- crew amount and quality
- flag ship, and division chiefs. An a list of each division’s ships.
- Some picture of the battle
- A small historic introduction
- A map of battle begin (for turn 0)
For Lissa I have a good map of the starting positions and I think I can track down a nice painting of the action. I can also write up a brief introductory blurb. Where I stumble is the detailed data for each ship. The on-line sources I have found so far are Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Lissa_%281811%29 and 3-Decks
http://3decks.pbwiki.com/Battle+of+LissaHere is what I have currently:(edited 23 June 08 to include CyJan's data)
British fleet, Commodore William Hoste, @900 veteran officers and men
HMS Amphion (flag) 32 guns, Captain Hoste
910 tons
Crew 254 (establishment)
Upper Deck 26 x 18-pound long gun
Quarterdeck 2 x 6-pounder long gun + 8 x 24-pounder carronades
Forecastle 2 x 6-pounder long gun + 2 x 24-pounder carronades
At one point in the battle Captain Hoste had a 5.5" howitzer on the quarterdeck triple-shotted with
grape to repel boarders!
HMS Active, 38 guns, Captain James Gordon
1,053 tons
315 crew (establishment)
Upper Deck 28 x 18-pound long gun
Quarterdeck 8 x 9-pound long gun + 6 x 32-pound carronades
Forecastle 2 x 9-pound long guns + 2 x 32-pound carronades
HMS Cerberus, 32 guns, Captain Henry Whitby
806 tons
Crew 254 (establishment) She was short over 90 men according to James Henderson's
The Frigates.
Upper Deck 26 x 18-pound long gun
Quarterdeck 4 x 6-pounder long gun + 4 x 24-pounder carronades
Forecastle 2 x 6-pounder long gun + 2 x 24-pounder carronades
HMS Volage, 22 guns,Captain Phipps Hornby. Her nominal compliment was 150 officers and men
530 tons
22X32 pdr carronades on the gundeck
6X18 pdr carronades on the quarterdeck
2X18 pdr carronades and 2X6 pdr cannon (chasers?) on the forecastle
Franco-Italian fleet, Commodore Bernard Dubourdieu, total strength unknown, but an italian Infantry Bn of about 500 men was embarked. Note that only the frigates saw any substantial action.
FrenchFavorite, 40 gun, Captain Antoine-Francois Zavier La Marre-la-Meillerie
I have no tonnage, armament, or crew figuresFlore, 40 guns, Captain Jean-Alexandre Peridier
I have no tonnage or crew data but she was armed as follows:
28X18 pdrs on the gun deck
16X8 pdrs on the main deck
2X6 pdrs and 2X36 pdr carronades on the forcastle.
Danae, 40 guns, Captain Villon
I have no tonnage or crew data but have this for the armament:
28X18 pdrs on the gun deck
16X8 pdrs on the main deck
ItalianBellona, 32 guns, Captain Duodo
Need tonnage, crew component, and armament detailsCarolina, 32 guns, Captain Palicuccia
Need tonnage, crew complement, and armament dataCorona, 40 guns, Captain Paschaligo, 1094 tons
Need crew complement and tonnagePrincipessa Augusta, 18 gun brig
Principessa di Bologna, 10 gun sloop
Eugenio, 6 gun Xebec
Plus two small gunboats
The Franco-Italian 40s came from different yards, but for game purposes it might be necessary to amalgamate the available data to come up with one generic set of stats that covers all four of them.