Ship Specification

Here are the specifications for a number of Armada period ships. Most of the details I got from my father, Gary Thomas, however, Nathaniel Goggin kindly emailed some as well.

DC = Demi Cannon

CP = "cannon perier" in English and the Spanish a "pedrero" - a mortar-like gun with a relatively short and
thin-walled barrel firing a stone shot, used mostly against personnel, the shot being ineffective against well-built hulls. It was a very old-fashioned kind of weapon by 1588, already almost extinct in the English fleet, though the Spanish would retain them in numbers for another decade or so (Nathaniel Goggin, personal communication).

CL = Culvern

DCL = Demi Culvern

Speed and Turn relate to some rules my father wrote for the period.

Name	Nationality	Description	Year	Wt	Crew	DC	CP	CL	DCL	Spd	Turn	Spd	Turn
Foresight	English	Small Galleon	1570	300	160	-	2	8	6	6	90	4	8
Hope	English	Med Great Ship	1559	600	250	4	4	10	6	4.5	45	3	4
Rainbow	English	Med Galleon	1587	500	250	6	-	12	6	6	45	3.5	6
Revenge	English	Med Galleon	1577	450	250	4	-	12	6	6	90	3.5	6
Vanguard	English	Med Galleon	1587	500	250	6	-	12	6	6	45	3.5	6
White Bear	English	Large Galleon	1565	1000	500	8	4	16	6	4.5	45	3	4
Prince Royal	English		1610	1200
James	English	Ship	1633	875
Duquesa Santa Ana	Spanish	Great Ship		915	450	6	8	4	2	3	45	2	4
San Cristobal	Portuguese	Med Galleon	1588	700	350	6	6	4	2	6	45	3.5	4
San Felipe	Spanish	Great Ship		1400	200	-	2	2	2	3	45	2	4
San Pedro	Spanish	Small Galleon		530	300	-	10	2	2	3	45	2.5	4
San Juan (El Menor)	Spanish	Small Galleon		530	270	-	8	2	2	4.5	45	2.5	4
San Lorenzo	Spanish	Galleass		800	400	8	8	-	2	3 (8)	45 (90)	2 (4)	4 (8)
San Martin	Portuguese	Large Galleon	1588	1000	500	8	8	6	2	4.5	45	3	4
San Mateo	Spanish	Med Galleon		750	400	6	6	4	2	3	45	2.5	4
Santiago (El Meyor)	Spanish	Small Galleon		530	270	-	8	2	2	4.5	45	2.5	4

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