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A battle the
likes of Trafalgar but fought with paddlewheel steam vessels. This was
the first germination of Napoleon’s South America – a setting for which
the Napoleonic Wars could continue into the Victoria era. My Napoleonic
world has grown and changed since that original spark, but it still
centres on the ships and the sea. The ships are as important to this
world as the characters that command them. |
Abbreviations:
UD – Upper deck
GD – Gun deck
NHP – nominal horse power
CO - commanding officer
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Pour Mon Loup
de Rivière
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Rate |
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2nd Class Steam Frigate (probably more
properly rated as a sloop) |
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launched |
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1843 |
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NHP |
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470 |
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propeller |
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side-wheel feathering paddles
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engine type |
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Esteban Vaporos, 1842 2 cylinder
side-lever |
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boilers |
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4 tubular |
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stacks |
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1 |
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masts |
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3 |
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typical rank of CO |
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Capitaine |
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typical no. of Lts. |
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3 |
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Ship’s compliment |
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145 |
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armament |
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UD 2 68 pounders on pivots; 4 20 cm
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notes: |
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The Pour Mon Loup de Rivière was
built for le Bureau Examen Continental.
It was especially commissioned for
Captain Eligus Bronsan by President
Napoleon I and was built to Captain
Bronsan's design specifications. It was
the flagship of Captain Bronsan’s
Expédition Quatorze. |
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HMES Goat
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Rate |
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Steam Packet / schooner |
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Name |
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H.M.E.S.
Goat |
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launched |
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1820 (fit with steam engines) |
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fate |
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Foundered and sunk in the Atlantic under command of Captain
Lord Perrington in 1822. |
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NHP |
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80 |
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propeller |
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side-wheel common paddles |
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engine type |
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2
cylinder beam lever |
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speed (max. knots at trial) |
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5
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coal bin capacity |
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10 tons |
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boilers |
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1
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stacks |
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1
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masts |
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2
(schooner rigged) |
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typical rank of CO |
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Lieutenant |
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typical no. of Lts. |
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1
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compliment |
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80 |
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notes: |
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Formerly
His Majesty’s Ship Cormorant,
she was a schooner outfitted with a steam engine and
paddles. After the conversion to steam, she was no longer
considered so stellar and renamed the Goat. Lt. E.
Bronsan captained her across the Atlantic and around the
Horn - the first steamship to do so. This distinction was
lost to British naval history as Captain Bronsan exceeded
his orders and became embroiled in Napoleon Bonaparte's
escape from St. Helena and establishment in South America. |
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