Frigate
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- Developed By: English
- Purpose: Scouting, convoy duties, attacking enemy merchant ships.
- Period: 17th and 18th century
- Rigging: Square rigged, three masts.
- Size: Keel length-to-beam ratio was 4:1 or greater. Roughly
90 feet long, with 30 guns, displacing 379 tons.
- Crew: Roughly 30 crew members.
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