phillies wrote:Some of this is silly. The other side has sail-masted wooden ships, perhaps with chains or iron plates tacked on them. The King Harald might as will be one of these
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for all the likely effectiveness of the COGA against it, up to authorial cleverness, of course. The onboard saboteur is likely the most effective approach.
If you think you really need to smash fortresses, Houseman might see if he can produce a small number of, oh, 18" rifles, that get parked in two front turrets. The enemy is attacked across the bow at some absurd range like five thousand yards. This is a special purpose ship, a fortress smasher, though it is also good for bombarding way inland.
The thin, erected only for battle, 200' steel mast with stair case, does the sighting. in non coastal waters and bad weather, the mast is left down.The enemy really only has two coastlines, so two of these and some patience should suffice, especially after smokeless powder is available.
Really pretty what I am trying to say. Certainly they don't need more than the originally planned number of a dozen. After that, build something that they can afford in sufficient numbers.
Don
