The Cruizer-class brig-sloops proved to be fast sailers and seaworthy, and the 32-pounder carronade armament gave them enormous short-range firepower, exceeding the nominal broadside of a standard 36-gun 18-pounder frigate. To a Royal Navy increasingly desperate for manpower, the great attraction of the design was that — thanks to the two ...

During the 18th and 19th centuries, a sloop-of-war was a warship of the British Royal Navy with a single gun deck that carried up to 18 guns. The rating system of the Royal Navy covered all vessels with 20 or more guns; thus, the term encompassed all unrated warships, including gun-brigs and cutters.

The Crocus-class brig-sloops were a class of sloop-of-war built for the Royal Navy, and were the only Royal Navy brig-sloops ever designed rated for 14 guns. The class was designed by the Surveyors of the Navy (Sir William Rule and Sir John Henslow) jointly, and …

那么brig是什么呢，brig是双桅横帆船，一般拥有20门以下的大炮，大约需要100人左右操作的船，该型船只灵活到在一个熟练船长的指挥下甚至可以原地掉头，主要担负近海巡逻舰，缉私，科学考察(达尔文搭乘的小猎犬号就是一艘brig)，或者追击海盗等任务，也做为 ...

The British Brig-Sloop is a large ship with a group of 30 British sailors and 2 marines encountered in Copenhagen. The British Brig-Sloop consists of 32 crews (30 Sailors and 2 Marines at the crow's nests) aboard a ship near the end of Copenhagen.

2016年11月8日 · A Brig Sloop was a brig-rigged vessel, meaning two square-rigged masts (large sails running across the ship). These were the most common, and the Royal Navy built many of the Cruizer class, which proved highly effective at raiding enemy shipping.

The Cruizer class was an 18-gun class of brig-sloops of the Royal Navy. Brig-sloops were the same as ship-sloops except for their rigging. A ship-sloop was rigged with three masts whereas a...

2013年3月7日 · The Cruizer-class brig-sloop HMS Reindeer launched on 15 August 1804, commissioned in September and set sail for the Jamaica station on 21 November with Commander John Fyffe in command. She was one of six Cruizers built from fir to speed construction and cut cost, a compromise that would significantly reduce their service lives.

2023年5月16日 · 1、按照RN的分类，gun-brigs属于brig-sloop，是不入级的军舰，当然也可归入广义的Sloop-of-war。 2、从桅杆和帆上，gun-brigs（以及其归属的brig-sloop）是 brig-rigged 帆装 ，双桅（前桅和主桅）横帆船；注：大型brig-sloop有部分3桅（含由双桅加装1个后桅）。

The brig-sloops of the Cruizer-class proved to be sleek and fast sailors, being narrow (~30 ft) compared to their length (~100 ft), and very seaworthy. However, they seem not have been overly loved by the ratings, the space below deck being especially cramped.