'Chaleur' Schooner

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'Chaleur' Schooner A Level 4, 10-gun Small Scout

Sailing Level (Size) 4 (Small) Max Speed: 15.50 Durability 6 Acceleration: 5.10 Insurance 286 Deceleration: 1.95 Health Integ. DR Turning (fast): 16.65 Hull: 650 - Turning (slow): 6.50 Port: 348 0 Turning Accel: 17.00 Stbd: 348 0 Turning Decel: 4.00 Bow: 174 0 Best Point: 90 Stern: 87 0 Sails: 840 - Ship Capacity: 80 Modifiers Off / Def Res O.S. Visibility: 52.4 Sails: 0 / 44 0.0 O.S. Spotting: 0.0 Crew: 0 / 44 0.0 Crew: 70 Bow: 0 / 44 0.0 Target Tracking: 26 Stern: 0 / 44 0.0 Sides: 0 / 44 0.0 Grapple: 0.0 / 0.0 0.0 Batteries Type Reload Damage Range Acc200 / 400 Swivels: 4x1/2lb 8.0 6.0 100y -- / -- Topdeck: 6x5lb 17.0 24.0 400y 102 / 69 Polars Upwind & Luffing Close  Haul Close  Haul Beam Reach Beam Reach Broad Reach Broad Reach Running 33% - 43% 5.12 - 6.67 knots 35° 87.5% 87.5% 13.56 knots 13.56 knots 100% 100% 15.5 knots 15.5 knots 82.5% 82.5% 12.79 knots 12.79 knots 65% 10.08 knots   Open Sea Speed: 64

Information based on version 1.20.51.0

Similar to the Halifax, the larger schooner is much tougher but she has the same lack of firepower.

History

A schooner is a type of sailing vessel characterized by the use of fore-and-aft sails on two or more masts. Schooners were first used by the Dutch in the 16th or 17th century, and further developed in North America from the early 18th century onwards. According to the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, the first ship called a schooner was built by builder Andrew Robinson and launched in 1713 from Gloucester, Massachusetts. Legend has it that the name schooner was the result of a spectator exclaiming "Oh how she scoons", scoon being a Scots word meaning to skip or skim over the water. Robinson replied, "A schooner let her be." According to Walter William Skeat, the term schooner comes from the word scoon, while the sch spelling comes from the later adoption of the Dutch and German

Strategy and Use

A good upgrade from the 'Halifax' Schooner this is larger and better armored though at a cost in speed.

Tactics

Good for boarding smaller ships this vessel can ram and muscle them into the wind to make slow them for boarding.

Variants

Other variants of the Chaleur:

• 'Chaleur' Schooner (Civilian)

Comparable Ships

'St. Anne' Schooner, 'Halifax' Schooner

Distinguishing Characteristics

The schooner sail-plan has two or more masts with the forward mast being shorter or the same height as the rear masts. Most traditionally rigged schooners are gaff rigged, sometimes carrying a square topsail on the foremast and occasionally, in addition, a square fore-course (together with the gaff foresail). Schooners carrying square sails are called square-topsail schooners.

Sources

Wipedia article on schooners